Poetry Movies

A New York teacher indulges a mad high school poet who sees himself as a mythic hero.

A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war...

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...

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...

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

Is it possible to travel twice to the same memory? The filmmaker built a cabin on an isolated riverbank, just opposite his childhood island, which...

With £2.50 in their bank accounts, two friends Saoirse and Emma vow to have the greatest night of their lives at a punk poetry party. They...

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

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

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

Four Montrealers search for their path within their failing metropolis, mirroring the deterioration of their deepest ambitions. A cinepoetic journey...

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

Filmed on the rooftops of lower Manhattan, this performance film features the original Last Poets performing 28 numbers adapted from their legendary...

When Tess Kelley realizes her daughter Jenny Kelley still isn't over her divorce from musician Rick Meadows, the irresponsible, ever-absent father of...

In between growing frustrations toward cleaning up after an endless parade of tourists and reflections on a traumatizing memory, a voice rises from...

A schizophrenic patient is is wasting away in a mental institution, until a young doctor encourages him to write poetry. The resulting masterpieces...

An exiled poet returns to his native homeland of Pangasinan province after many years of absence. Through a mystical soul journey, he reclaims his...

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 Thousand Years of Joy charts poet/activist Robert Bly's journey from Midwestern farm boy to global troubadour, bestselling author of Iron John and...