Poetry Movies

  • 1974
    A Passion for Churches

    A Passion for Churches

    A Passion for Churches

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    Sir John Betjeman visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among those visited: Sandringham church on the...

    A Passion for Churches
  • 2019
    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before

    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before

    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before

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    A short film adaptation of the titular poem by Melissa Lozada-Oliva.

    I’m Scared But I’ve Been Here Before
  • 1976
    The Spring Night

    The Spring Night

    The Spring Night

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    A spring night is a poetic film which is based on the motives of the poem by V. Lugovsky. The film is devoted to the theme of fidelity to the battle...

    The Spring Night
  • 2026
    Sometimes: A Collection of Poems About the Progression of an Ending

    Sometimes: A Collection of Poems About the Progression of an Ending

    Sometimes: A Collection of Poems About the Progression of an Ending

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    A collection of three poems that explores the ending of a love that was once seen as everything.

    Sometimes: A Collection of Poems About the Progression of an Ending
  • 1992
    Dil Ka Kya Kasoor

    Dil Ka Kya Kasoor

    Dil Ka Kya Kasoor

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    Shalini Saxena lives a wealthy life-style with her brother Rajesh. She attends college and writes a few poems under the name Seema as part time...

    Dil Ka Kya Kasoor
  • 1981
    Angel of the Night

    Angel of the Night

    Angel of the Night

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    Michael Strunge and other young Danish poets, accompanied by images of night-time Copenhagen.

    Angel of the Night
  • 2021
    Dante's Divine Politics

    Dante's Divine Politics

    Dante's Divine Politics

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    Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "Inferno", the first book of the "Divine Comedy", he...

    Dante's Divine Politics
  • 2021
    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    Death is Smoking My Cigars

    Death is Smoking My Cigars

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    Death follows a poet for his whole life, being a parasite to the poet.

    Death is Smoking My Cigars
  • 1975
    Ashes

    Ashes

    Ashes

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    Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring...

    Ashes
  • 2018
    Two Travellers to a River

    Two Travellers to a River

    Two Travellers to a River

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    When asked a question on politics, late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish once answered: “I write about love to expose the conditions that...

    Two Travellers to a River
  • 2005
    The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

    The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

    The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith

    5.62005HD

    A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith. The Film follows the current band recording...

    The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
  • 2027
    The Cactus and the Rose: A Fable

    The Cactus and the Rose: A Fable

    The Cactus and the Rose: A Fable

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    A second experimental short by Evan W. Gerdes told solely via emojis and poetry.

    The Cactus and the Rose: A Fable
  • 1967
    Dante's Inferno

    Dante's Inferno

    Dante's Inferno

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    The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his...

    Dante's Inferno
  • 2022
    The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

    The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

    The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

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    Seamus Murphy’s documentary examines Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby’s unique world. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness...

    The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby
  • 2020
    Factory Talk

    Factory Talk

    Factory Talk

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    Factory Talk is an intergenerational conversation about identity, sexuality and masculinity in a rural factory. Through the clanging of metal they...

    Factory Talk
  • 2021
    The Sea

    The Sea

    The Sea

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    The story of Ana and Diego, a couple who decide to go live on the coast in Chile. There, they meet Vicente, with whom Diego secretly begins a...

    The Sea
  • 1979
    Dread Beat and Blood

    Dread Beat and Blood

    Dread Beat and Blood

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    Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

    Dread Beat and Blood
  • 2011
    Little Mad Robinson

    Little Mad Robinson

    Little Mad Robinson

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    The film is an unusual portrait of Slovak poet Jozef Urban who tragically died. Nevertheless, his short life was enough for his work to influence...

    Little Mad Robinson
  • 2012
    Hart Crane: An Exegesis

    Hart Crane: An Exegesis

    Hart Crane: An Exegesis

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    James Franco interviews three experts on the poet Hart Crane, whose life was the subject of his feature The Broken Tower (2011).

    Hart Crane: An Exegesis
  • 1983
    The Language of Trees

    The Language of Trees

    The Language of Trees

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    An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of art

    The Language of Trees