Poem Movies
- 2024

TIME
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"Time" takes you through the city at night, capturing fleeting moments. With dynamic visuals and an atmospheric soundtrack, this short film explores...
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- 1935

Early in the Mornin'
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Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's...
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- 2015

Billie, Jasmine and the Poet
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An interpretive visual to accompany the spoken word poem by Nikki Lorenzo, shot in one day on a hiking trail in Malibu, California.
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- 2017

Pássaro Transparente
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A poet and his walk through a future of the dystopian present.
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- 2016

Girl on the Escalator
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A film by Kayhan Lannes Ozmen, based on the poem "Girl on the escalator" by Charles Bukowski.
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- 2004

Stolen Poem
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Two girls go from home to business stealing mail and packages in search of something mysterious.
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- 1978

The Black Contribution: Literature and Theatre
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The Black Contribution – Literature and Theater 1978 is a rare documentary highlighting the voices and cultural impact of African American...
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- 2018

The Darkest Hour
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A writer in self-exile is haunted by the memory of his long-lost love. Mysterious events and an unexpected visitor are about to offer him a chance to...
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- 1939

John, the Hero
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1938 screen adaptation of the 1904 musical version of the classic Hungarian fairy tale poem by Sándor Petőfi about the romantic...
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- 2019

The Shape
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A storm is on the horizon. When a jet-black cloud engulfs a small village, the residents discover that it could put an end to more than just blue...
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- 1935

Couldn't Live Without You
Couldn't Live Without You01935HD
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.
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- 2022

Alternate Spaces
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A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.
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- 1973

Solarflares Burn for You
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Arthur Johns' 10-minute experimental film is a personal essay on colour effects, set to a hypnotic soundtrack by Robert Wyatt. Although his initial...
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- 2024

No hay Eco en el Eco
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A visual interpretation of the poem "the girl / the scream" by Mahmud Darwish.
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- 1935

Bill and I Went Fishing
Bill and I Went Fishing01935HD
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.
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- 2020

2020 Vision
2020 Vision02020HD
A short film written by Hussain Manawer about 2020 and mental health.
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- 1979

Hermes Bird
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This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...
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- 2006

Peters Jul
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- 2024

Landscape of our Body
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As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a...
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- 1962

Sylvia Plath reading poems from Ariel
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Sylvia Plath Read 18 Poems From Her Final Collection, Ariel, in a 1962 Recording
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