Poem Movies

An exploration of the complex, deepening relationship between humans and their surroundings as civilizations succumb to the relentless natural world.

A poetry film that tells the story of a man struggling with his deteriorating mental state and self-destruction.

Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.

We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

An exploration of love and loss in Paris.

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.

Adaptation of the poem by Fernando Pessoa.

It's Chico, baby. He's the king of love!

An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.

An audiovisual poem about a poltergeist relationship.

After a popular girl loses a poetry contest to an outcast, they develop an unexpected interest in each other – but is their young love meant to...

The experiences of five free-spirited individuals trying to break free from societal norms. Each narrative discusses creativity, mental health, labor...

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

A small film based on a poem by Osip Mandelstam. What the poet is thinking about, sitting in his apartment.

On the beach at sunset a man waits for his one true love. When she arrives, a bittersweet romance ensues.

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...

By poet Olivia Douglass, this work has been commissioned by Other Parties in response to Bushman. to, from, gets to the heart of the tensions...