Poetry Movies

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

Documentary video journey in search of the missing Tatar poet Rahim Sattar. The path from the present to the past runs through a polylogue of experts,...

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

Reclaiming what was once stolen from him, a man journeys back to the place of his childhood nearly 80 years after his world came crashing down.

Lauren Thomas is turning 40 and no one is more excited than her. She is married to Andrew, an amazing husband, a true provider and father. Andrew's br...

An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and his contac...

It's been years since Stef last left her house. The loss of her brother combined with the quiet dread of the unknown conspiring to keep her inside. Wh...

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a s...

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, w...

The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he...

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

Enraged, a teacher murders a young female pupil. Over the years, another boy is bred for one sole purpose: to avenge his sister’s death.

Duras narrates a short story while the camera travels through the streets of Paris with short interludes of solemn music.

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing class together. Through written words, they creat...

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

Divided into three “kingdoms” — Enfer (Hell),Purgatoire (Purgatory) and Paradis (Paradise) — Notre Musique is an indictment of modern times.

For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks up supermodel Sarah Easton and falls head over heels i...

“I love poetry because it makes me feel like my mind expands.” In Regard Silence, that's the very first sentence expressed—in sign language of course....

A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed wall...