Etel Adnan: Words in Exile

Voices in Wartime is a 2004 documentary that explores the human experience of war through poetry. Combining interviews with soldiers, journalists, and historians, it reveals how war affects individuals and societies across time and place. The film features poets from around the world – from Homer and Wilfred Owen to Shoda Shinoe and mo...

Runtime

1h 15m

Cast

Chris Sarandon, Lisbeth Scott, Garrison Keillor

A quotation from Aristophanes, "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love," precedes views of a man and a woman's bodies, often in extreme close up. Off-screen, a voice recites fragments of oracular literature and purple prose. We see an eye, an ear, a mouth, a tongue, bits of hair, a hand, the tips of fingers, toes. Occasiona...

Runtime

7m

Director

Willard Maas

Cast

George Barker, Marie Menken

Fifty years after Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, a collective of African American filmmakers, artists, and intellectuals reflect on the goals and ambitions of the civil rights movement and where things stand today.

Runtime

53m

Director

Kahlil Joseph, Arthur Jafa

Cast

Charles Burnett, Hortense Spillers, Saidiya Hartman

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

Runtime

1h 22m

Director

Selma Vilhunen

Cast

Jussi Huovinen, Hanneriina Moisseinen, Sólveig Thoroddsen

An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.

Runtime

25m

Director

Francis Fuchs

Cast

Pete Brown, Gavin Ewart, Adrian Mitchell