Three Letters: La Mamma Morta

Dread Beat an' Blood

Follows dub poet master Linton Kwesi Johnson out of the recording studio onto the Brixton streets.

1979

Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot has been considered by many to be the leading American poet of this century. His contemporaries in the 1920s recognized in “The Waste Land

Angel of the Night

Michael Strunge and other young Danish poets, accompanied by images of night-time Copenhagen.

1981

The Centuries Surround Me with Fire

A documentary, originally produced for Dutch television, on the life and works of Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938), the groundbreaking Soviet poet and diss

1976

Refugee Poetry

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers t

2016

General Idea: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle

"GENERAL IDEA: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle is a humorous, informative and ultimately poignant documentary about General Idea. Formed in 1969, they

2008

No Regret

Five gay Black men who are HIV-positive discuss how they are battling the double stigmas surrounding their infection and homosexuality.

1993

Catalan Poets

At underground film of the 1st Popular Festival of Catalan Poetry filmed in the Proce Theater in Barcelona on May 25, 1970, in solidarity with politic

1970

Khamsin

Lebanon today. The traces of the civil war are all too tangible as government corruption becomes unbearable. In a country where conflict and peace are

2019

Lejano Interior

A "cinematic object" by Mariano Llinás, divided into 9 chapters, based on the poetry of Henri Michaux.

2020

Anna Netrebko – ein Leben für die Oper

She is one of the greatest divas of the present day and has left her mark on the world of opera: Anna Netrebko. On her 50th birthday, ARTE is dedicati

2021

Spellbound

Wingsuit BASE jumping is often presented as a thrill seeking adrenaline rush. Spellbound takes us deeper into the more contemplative aspects of jumpin

2020

Florence Foster Jenkins: A World of Her Own

Documentary about Florence Foster Jenkins, her delusions, and how the people around her reacted to them.

2007

sucking on words

sucking on words is a documentary film that features interviews with, and extensive performances by, the American poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It also feat

2007

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents th

1985

Reframing AIDS

Through a series of interviews with leading British AIDS activists and cultural theorists, this documentary investigates the way in which AIDS has bee

1987

Chubai. Speaking Again

A theatrical documentary about Hrytsko Chubai, a genius of Ukrainian poetry, a connoisseur of literature, art and music and the brightest representati

2023

Searching Eva

This is the tale of a young woman, growing up in the age of the internet and turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, allowing kids fro

2019

Esse poema vai se chamar: A gente tem mania de só olhar pra frente

2022

Fuoco sacro – Suche nach dem heiligen Feuer des Gesangs

What drives men and women to risk their own lives to save those of others? Fuoco Sacro tells the story of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire depar

2022