Jack Unterweger - Poet of Death

A profile of the Austrian serial killer who, while serving prison time for his first murder, wrote poetry, a novel and an autobiography. He received quite a bit of success from his writing and was eventually given parole

Zeca, o Poeta da Casa Verde

The Poetry of Non-Self

“The Poetry of Non-Self” is a short animation film that deals with moments that hold beauty, with how the sense of self is absent from such moments, and with the notion that this is, in a way, what childhood is like.

Poets in Hip Hop

Live from the Ivar Theater in Hollywood. Touchstar Media Presents the Poets in Hip Hop. Featuring some of todays hottest spoken word artists, including Bidget Gray (2001 Grand Slam Champion), Gaknew, Miss Kimm, Joy Jones

Poem of the Evening

Four thousand years into the future, during the Earth’s fifth ice age, the surface has become so cold that humanity now lives underground, enclosed within massive walls.

Poetry in Motion: with Aerialist Naomi Schiller

An intimate moment with aerialist Naomi Schiller when she performs and shares the what the practice means to her.

Pejzaż łemkowskiej poezji

Bertie Wrote Me A Poem

“2005. Vittoria, fifteen-year-old, after having sex for the first time, secretly goes to the hospital to take the morning after pill. In the long and tedious hospital process, Vittoria struggles to keep a difficult secre

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Roraima, Poesia & Liberdade

How to Become a Poet

The film is about a young poet who left the war for Turkey. Unlike many emigrants, no one is waiting for him at home. Double orphanhood makes Slava wonder: How does a person become a poet?

Narcissus Poeticus

The legend of Narcissus (from Ovid's Metamorphosis): Narcissus is in love with his own image and ignores the nymph Echo, in love with him. The device (2 separated super 8 projectors) shows the lack of communication betwe

A House without The Poet

This observational documentary focuses on the former residence of Hai Zi, a Chinese poet who rose to fame following the cultural revolution and committed suicide at 26. With his residence turned into a pilgrimage site, i

USA: Poetry: Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Richard O. Moore’s own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet’s world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. “A true pioneer of the

Júlio, o poeta

The poetry and life of the poet Júlio Allen Vidal, told by himself.

Write a Poem for Naboisho

Naboisho, which means “coming together” in the Maasai’s Maa language, is a community response to the challenges of the privatization of group ranches in the Greater Mara Region. Strain was put on the soil, endemic vegeta

Are You Listening? Poetry in the Magic City

Poets Ashley M. Jones and Halley Cotton spark a poetry renaissance in Birmingham, Alabama. Now, poets of all ages and levels of experience are writing, reciting, and inspiring with their artful use of language.

The Poetry of Motion

Things are moving like poetry.

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Chacal: Proibido Fazer Poesia

The poet Chacal, invited by Harvard University, spends a week in the United States, where he showcased his poetry and performance art.