Poetry Movies

Follows French writer Arthur Rimbaud from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa.

This documentary shows the life and work of the Galician poet from O Courel, Uxío Novoneyra, from a double perspective: the intimate and...

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.

Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.

Marco Paolini discusses with poet Andrea Zanzotto about nature, history and language.

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...

Two childhood friends grew up and face strange feelings now. One of them tries to explore that feelings by words and their relationship becomes...

This short film offers a picturesque tour through the maple-wooded hills alongside Québec's Lièvre River in autumn to the accompaniment...

In the period 1891-1927, Henriette Roland Holst goes through a dramatic development. As an aspiring poet from an affluent bourgeois milieu she throws...

Performance and conversation with husband-and-wife poets Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon at a New Jersey festival, in their Wilmot (N.H.) hometown and...

Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.

A mini documentary about küçük İskender and his views on poetry.

Documentary film about the great forgotten of Chilean literature. With interviews with family members, poets and artists who knew him, this feature...

In this short documentary, Canadian poet Andrew Suknaski introduces us to Wood Mountain, the south central Saskatchewan village he calls home. In...

A video collaboration by writer Fanny Howe and artist Maceo Senna.

An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

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

In a sarcastic mood, EZTV's founder John Dorr makes fun of the extensive aspiring Los Angeles spoken word scene of the 1980s and the enormous number...