Poetry Movies

This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s...

A resourceful boy creatively uses poetry to survive when his mother, a disturbed avant garde painter, locks him in a puppet box and builds an art...

A poetic journey about the life and work of Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos.

A poetry film that tells the story of a man struggling with his deteriorating mental state and self-destruction.

Robert Burns was well aware of the revolution taking place across the Atlantic as he grew up. The poet was inspired. And America was to be inspired...

An experimental anthology about mental turmoil. Nine subversive perspectives from young filmmakers from around the world who lament over depression,...

Following a tumultuous breakup, a young college student tries to win back her ex-girlfriend by performing in a confessional-style poetry slam.

A nameless protagonist reconciles with his existential dread as he arrives at a lighthouse, a physical manifestation of all that he searched for.As a...

What happens when non-violent leaders are pushed to support armed struggle against a brutal regime in a forgotten war? Thabyay: Creative Resistance...

Anémona and Pisces live a capicua experience: they are at the same time the woman who looks, the woman who is looked at, and the very act of...

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

A man visits a woman, speaks, smokes, eats fruit and walks out again. Clothes appear on hangers before they one by one disappear. There is a sense of...

Depicting the intimacies of life, love, and longing, the director’s own father recites Pablo Neruda’s “Me Gustas Cuando...

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American authors. And probably the most abysmal. In his texts, he deals with the dark side of humanity like...

A visual poetry short film, inspired by and featuring the poem "Knickknacks" by Tuesday Taylor York.

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in...

After his parents' death in a traffic accident, Ibrahim decides to go to their summer house, where he goes every summer with his family, alone this...

A journey among the forgotten: U.S. citizens experiencing homelessness, forced to live in extreme marginalization. Giving voice to these wounded...

This film is a documentary portrait of the great Bulgarian Writer and poet Valeri Petrov.