Poetry Movies

Explores the creation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” and the phenomenon it became.

A whole new universe can hide in the smallest speck of ink.

When Robert Lax was approached in the early 1980s about doing a video documentary on him, he had only one condition—that it be focused on his...

A collage of images and voices of women poets that succeeds brilliantly, both as a tribute to the women whose words are borrowed and as an original...

This film is a documentary portrait of the great Bulgarian Writer and poet Valeri Petrov.

A gay man living through the HIV/AIDS crisis reflects upon his recent history of loss with the help of his grandmother, who tells him a story of her...

The spiritual successor to 'The Paul Molinar Show,' 'Poetry with Paul Molinar' offers bittersweet commentaries on the state of contemporary American...

In his debut feature-length film, poet and author Paul Molinar offers an exciting assortment of musical performances, poetry recitations, and serious...

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts...

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

A docu-drama depicting the life and work of celebrated North Georgia poet and novelist Byron Herbert Reece.

A short film inspired by the poems of Giulia Bencivenga.

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

A creation story in epic poem format that traces our origins from the big bang to now, using science, poetry, storytelling, visual art, music, 'oli...

A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.