The Poets Never Lose Hope

After his mother's death, a man tries to sort out his declining relationship, live-in best friend, a career opportunity and a potential new romance.

Cinema, Poema e Gangrena

Simon Armitage Writing Poems

Poet Simon Armitage explains how he is going behind the scenes of some of his poems to help readers understand and visualize how they are created.

Melgar, el poeta insurgente

The life and legend of Arequipa poet Mariano Melgar (1791-1815), hero of the insurrection led by José Angulo and chief Mateo Pumacahua in the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1815.

Poesie und Konstruktion - Der Bildhauer Eduardo Chillida

A documentary about sculptor Eduardo Chillida.

Jordan Castro Reads 12 Poems by Jordan Castro

Jordan Castro Reads 12 Poems by Jordan Castro

Albert Maysles: The Poetic Eye

A delve into the character and life of Albert Maysles, who, alongside his brother David, created some of the most well-known and iconic documentaries of the 20th century. Film extracts include Meet Marlon Brando (1965),

Comunidade do Maciel - Há uma gota de sangue em cada poema

Anthropological documentary about the brothels located in the Pelourinho area. A community formed by prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, drug dealers and groups of families in the center of the city of Salvador. They occu

Sex, Chips & Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound

Fifty years ago, Penguin published its 1967 hit pop poetry book The Mersey Sound, introducing Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri to the world, thereby securing Liverpool as the cultural centre of the UK and bri

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances.

Naive School: Peach Blossom Poetry Society of Dream of Red Mansions

Rita Dove: An American Poet

A series of in-depth conversations with Poet Laureate Rita Dove—conducted and recorded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley between September 2012, and October 2013. The film explores the poet's life, exposing fundamental facts of

Poem

A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William Hoyland. The poem is read against a backdrop of associative shots: the head and shol

More Truth Than Poetry

When Vera, the daughter of steel king Daniel Maitland, marries Blair, a young lawyer, her father cuts her off with only a small allowance. A few months later, Blair becomes famous by securing the acquittal of one of his

Murilo Mendes: A Poesia em Pânico

Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes.

The Greatest Poem

Inspired by the words of Walt Whitman, a spirited and uplifting poem and a collaborative love letter to the diversity of America.

Poesía abierta, rebeldía y libertad

Il poeta, la fanciulla e la laguna

A Venetian girl falls in love with a poet. But the latter is too cynical and boastful to bother to reply to the young girl's passionate letter and instructs his secretary, a shy dreamer, to keep the exchange of letters a

Poem of Kovpak: Alarm

A first of a series of movies about Kovpak - the partisans chief during WWII.

Libellula gentile. Fabio Pusterla, il lavoro del poeta

A film about the Swiss Italian poet Fabio Pusterla and his creative poetic process, his struggle to find an honest language, one which adheres to the personal experience and is able to unfold a hidden truth that creates