Poetry Movies

This visual poetry is a celebration of the full spectrum of womanhood, from the complex vulnerability to the hidden power.

Presents a portrait of Ted Rosenthal, a poet who has been told that he has six months to live. He discusses how he faces death and reads poems that...

Forced into quarantine for 10 days upon arrival in Rome, an exchange student’s journey into processing the past comes to a sudden stop, as he...

An elderly woman finds out by the rumors of her friends that a teenager in her neighborhood has been kicked out of her home for being a lesbian. This...

In Busto of a poet, the word is the real protagonist: the verses, reflections and texts of José Ángel Valente take shape through the...

American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes...

A woman's walk through time and search for true freedom. The inner look breaks with the punishment of immobility, and the woman's destiny becomes a...

A boy who finished school and spends time at home, between routine and sleep, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qingyan Yu confronts confusion and self-identity problems as she gets to the point where romance starts to take place in her adolescence.

Valentina seeks refuge from the incessant waves of her mind in the pages of her upcoming poetry book Lapislazuli, trying to keep her life from...

Set to the poignant words of Shelby Newland and inspired by her poem of the same name-- a poem which won the National Poetry Out Loud competition's...

Ozymandias recites Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem of the same name. Selected AI-generated images and text-to-speech narration - with their vutlure-like...

The brilliant writing and troubled life of Californian Larry Levis came to an abrupt halt when he died at age 49. Is self-destruction required for a...

Inspired by the Poem by John Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" follows the accounts of a dying man (Morgan Holgate) who encountered a mysterious...

A poetic journey through the life of a woman going through an arranged marriage, animated on traditional Tongan Cloth called Ngatu.

When Dominik forges a friendship with a classmate who suffers from a unique speech impediment, his whole world turns upside down. Now, during summer...

Eight female storytellers, authors and poets performing at the Atalukan Storytelling and Legends Festival in Mashtueiatsh (Pointe-Bleue), Quebec.

‘Death Sounds a Quiet Gong’ was originally screened at Village Works (12 St. Marks Place, New York City, NY) on October 24, 2025. The...