Poetry Movies

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

An American poet living in Berlin hopes to win a prestigious grant while dealing with her former relationships, a rival poet, and her own penchant...

Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much...

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died,...

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

Filmmaker Alan Berliner documents his first cousin, the poet-translator Edwin Honig, as he succumbs to Alzheimer's.

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...

"Before I left today, I almost forgot to answer a lot of e-mails."

This is the tale of a young woman, growing up in the age of the internet and turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, allowing kids...

A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images.

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

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

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

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...

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected...

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

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...

A nobleman poet embarks on boat trip with two local fishermen. As they hop the bucolic islands he recalls his youthful tragic love, his artistic...

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.

A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.