Between the Lines: Asian American Women's Poetry / 2001

This documentary offers rare interviews with over 15 major Asian-Pacific American women poets. Organized in interwoven sections such as Immigration, Language, Family, Memory, and Spirituality, it is a sophisticated merging of Asian-American history and identity with the questions of performance, voice, and image.

The Poetry Winner / 2012

In this cut-out animation, a college student discovers her identity after traveling to her remote West Virginia hometown to work in a discount superstore.

Hip Hop Poetry Jam: Vol. 1 / 2004

The best of the country's spoken-word artists who've taken poetry and made it into music take the stage at Los Angeles's Ivar Theater to share their rhymes and bring down the house at the Hip Hop Poetry Jam. Features the verbal stylings of former Grand Slam champ Bridget Gray, Gaknew, Miss Kimm, Joy Jones, Gina Loring, Jahaira and many more.

The Poetry of Exactitude / 2009

Since 1946, Lucien Mouchet has been making small-scale reproductions of carousels and fairground scenes that existed in the past or are still in operation today. A machinist by trade, Mouchet retired nearly two decades ago, but his obsession with precision and detail has continued. To date, he has created 48 carousels; each is a functioning masterpiece that is constructed to be exactly 1/20 scale of the original. Mouchet works from photographs and measurements he has taken over the years of carousels that have toured France and across Europe. Mouchet tediously prepares shop drawings and hand-tooled parts, analyzing the different modes of assembly and the varying principles of movement. He combines an expertise in engineering with whimsical recreations of the carnival atmosphere, replete with electrical motors, lights, signage, transport trucks and miniature people, made by him and hand-painted by his wife, Georgette.

Annette Insdorf on DEKALOG Krzysztof Kieślowski's Masterful Poetry / 2016

Produced by Criterion in 2016, film professor Annette Insdorf, author of Double Lives, Second Chances: The Cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski, examines the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog.

Poetry for an Englishman / 1987

A young girl, living with her family in a lighthouse, is fascinated by her brother's aloofness and observes his relationship with an English sailor from a distance.

Poetry of Nature / 1939

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film /

A new documentary about Sam Peckinpah's 1974 film 'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia'.

USA: Poetry Anne Sexton /

USA: Poetry: Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders / 1966

This episode focuses on Frank O'Hara and Ed Sanders. Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Frank O'Hara belongs, with Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery, to the "New York Poets" group. His work is characterized by acid wit. Ed Sanders is publisher of an underground literary magazine, a pacifist and leader of a rock and roll group known as "The Fugs". Both poets challenge the prevailing prejudices of our society. For Ed Sanders this has already led to some legal difficulties.

Meth + Murder in P-town, Isn't That What Poetry Is About? / 2009

Perhaps the way to deal with the adversary is confront him in ourselves. We have to fight for little bit of health. We have to make our living and dieing important again. and the living and dieing of others. Isn't that what poerty is about?' Stanley Kunitz, US Poet Laureate This is a story of two gay men who didn't think they were important and a town that is important to the gay community, Provincetown. The story goes on to investigate how homophobia and heterosexism influencees the legal system and justice. Like lemonade it is a tart and bitter story but also refreshing.

The Paris Poetry Circle / 2013

Small Poetry / 2011

BARBICAN | Urban Poetry / 2015

The Barbican Estate in the City of London is arguably England's finest example of Brutalist architecture. This film explores the history of the estate from the perspective of its residents

Fear of Poetry / 1983

An improvisatory 40-minute foray into a fervent, formative period in the lives of poets such as Dennis Cooper, Benjamin Weissman, Amy Gerstler, and Bob Flanagan, who took part in Cooper’s famed Wednesday Night Poetry readings. Drawing on archival footage from those gatherings, including interviews and readings, Fear of Poetry presents a snapshot of Venice in the 1980s: a chorus of punks, poets, artists, and performers co-existing in a place where, according to Flanagan, “love is still possible.”

Poetry of Aimlessness / 2022

Poetry of Aimlessness is a video that shows a feeling over a few minutes (3'42), which is presented as a stretched moment. What is shown is my reality between ambiguity and ambivalence. This moment is strong and clear in factual emotionality. This moment is also a permanent state and beyond my possibilities of verbal communication. This video with the music piece "Funny Feelings" by Tina Jander shows a simultaneity of opposites. Poetry of Aimlessness shows facts.

mother poetry / 2020

The Sons of Captain Poetry / 1970

"Canada's convention-shattering voice of poetry" (Globe and Mail). Michael Ondaatje documents the work and spirit of fellow poet bpNichol (1944-1988) Capturing the artist / writer / sound performer in "fantasy documentary", Ondaatje uncovers what made bpNichol an influence to a generation of North American and European writers.

The Poetry of Motion / 1921

Things are moving like poetry.

English Poetry Anthology - The Victorian Poets /

Features the works of favorite Victorian poets, including Tennyson, Browning, Hopkins and others. This fascinating program provides a revealing look into the great works of this period, plus filmed reconstructions which depict life during the Victorian Era.