Poetry Movies

Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

In the 1980s, writer, poet, radio personality and football enthusiast Franck Venaille is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He decides to travel the...

Heartbroken, Matthew, an American art curator, wanders daydreaming through a maze of artworks in his hotel in Tokyo. That is, until he has a surreal...

Poetry film based on "El regalo" by Honduran writer Clementina Suárez.

Hasan Hourani, a Palestinian poet and illustrator, died aged 29 in Jaffa while trying to rescue his nephew from the sea. Shortly after, the...

#poetry explores how poets have used Instagram to share their poetry with their readers, the backlash against online creators, how the platform has...

Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text...

What happens when non-violent leaders are pushed to support armed struggle against a brutal regime in a forgotten war? Thabyay: Creative Resistance...

A nobleman poet embarks on boat trip with two local fishermen. As they hop the bucolic islands he recalls his youthful tragic love, his artistic...

A sensitive “gym bro” chases validation to mask deep insecurities, until a genuine fitness guru forces him to confront the identity...

Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected...

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his...

A boy recalls his grandmother’s guidance on how to cross the street. Retracing this ritual, his memory, faith, and childhood converge.

WAR OF WORDS is an energizing, controversial and inspiring feature documentary that lifts the lid on the fast growing UK Battle Rap scene. The...

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...

Factory Talk is an intergenerational conversation about identity, sexuality and masculinity in a rural factory. Through the clanging of metal they...

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.