Poetry Movies

Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an...

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to...

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads:...

Eldar Ryazanov reads his poetry. An introspective movie on his multifaceted work.

Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have...

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

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

A homeless man searches for a safe place on a cold winter night.

Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was one of the leaders of the marginal poetry...

The confluence of words and movement propels this multi-layered collaboration by Atlas, choreographer Douglas Dunn, and poets Anne Waldman and Reed...

Heartbroken, Matthew, an American art curator, wanders daydreaming through a maze of artworks in his hotel in Tokyo. That is, until he has a surreal...

Submersed in "bro" culture, a fraternity brother's obsession with a poem and its poetess begin to inform him more about himself than he is ready to...

An indictment ballad of all the different political groups in America.

A poetic Gem from Edgar A. Guest. This film features Al Shayne singing A Real True Pal by Frank Loesser and Lou Herscher.

Eight-year-old Elvis’ world begins to sink when his mother marries an immigrant stranger for money.

At underground film of the 1st Popular Festival of Catalan Poetry filmed in the Proce Theater in Barcelona on May 25, 1970, in solidarity with...

A psychiatrist attempts to cure a patient who thinks he's the son of Zeus, while dodging the mental ward himself.

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...