Amo, Poeta e Cantador

Excerpt From The Poetry of June

A struggling teenage girl in Mainland Lagos discovers new hope in her religious beliefs. Based on the book of poems, "ZION," by June Olu.

Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott

Intimate portrait of poet, playwright, painter and filmmaker Derek Walcott, set in his beloved native island, St Lucia.

Cowboy Poet

A young man continues the tradition of cowboy poetry, using his performances to navigate his emotions, family and the modern world.

A Poética dos Beiradões

Antonio Bandeira - O Poeta das Cores

Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide

Famous for his womanising, drinking and tragic death, Dylan Thomas is the rock star of 20th-century poetry. But for Welsh poet Owen Sheers, his tempestuous life often obscures the power of his poetry. Sheers takes us on

Fear of Poetry

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 rea

Poeira e Batom no Planalto Central

The documentary presents the saga of the construction of Brasília told by 50 women who arrived between 1956 and 1960. A new and feminine way of recovering the history of Brasília's beginnings. Times of dust and enthusias

Lament Poems for Neptune Ave

Short film from Sage Ó Tuama.

Something Wonderful May Happen: New York School of Poets and Beyond

In the years after World War II the New York School of Poets set a new agenda for American literature with poetry that did not shy away from common language, cliches and humor. The core of the movement was a small group

Poetry for an Englishman

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.

Missing Poetry

In 1937, most members of the Belarusian intelligentsia, including poets, were shot dead in Minsk on a "legal" basis. A few years later, their names were rehabilitated. However, despite this, most of them are still forgot

Chronique de la nuit de la poésie 1970

Paul Laurence Dunbar: An American Poet

40 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, America had yet to reach her promise to all citizens. So the day had come, when a prolific writer and poet called to the world. He reminded us all that we ought not lack our

Poeten som slutade dikta

About the poet Ragnar Thoursie (1919-2010). Despite his great successes, he chose to quit poetry and instead engage in social work in other forms. What made him do that?

Avión... o cómo hablaba ella a solas como si recitara un poema

A Sense of Poetry

Part of a Canadian educational series, this visual illustration of the poem ‘The Beggars of Dublin’ by renowned Canadian poet Alden Nowlan follows a visitor to Dublin, as he disembarks from a plane and wanders the street

Giorgos Seferis: Poet and Citizen. The Experience of Love + War and Decay

A vast photographic archive –like a long journey through the 20th century– featuring documents from the life of Giorgos Seferis, period materials from around the world, and records from the places the poet traveled.

Duepersette - Dove va la poesia?