A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.
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Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
An exploration of love and loss in Paris.
The Black Contribution – Literature and Theater 1978 is a rare documentary highlighting the voices and cultural impact of African American writers and performers during the civil rights era. Introduced by NAACP leader Benjamin Hooks and narrated by Roscoe Lee Brown, the film weaves together dramatic readings, theatrical excerpts, and candid urban street footage. Margaret Walker’s poem For My People is performed alongside scenes of daily Black life in New York City — children playing, families on stoops, open fire hydrants, and the realities of poverty in 1970s neighborhoods. James Baldwin appears in interview footage, while signs for his play The Amen Corner and stage excerpts from Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun underscore the powerful presence of Black voices in American theater. With rare shots of Harlem life, literature, and performance, this film documents the enduring contributions of African American artists to U.S. culture and history.
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
A man wrestles with the nature of life after death and the purpose of his soul over the shadowy presence of his lost love, Lenore.
A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
From his book, Les Fleurs du Mal, an adaptation of Charles Baudelaire’s famous poem, Une Charogne.
When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.
Approaching the microphone in a small room, a young woman prepares to make the speech of her life. Desperate to find her voice in the wake of an ended relationship, she resorts to sharing any piece of advice she can muster. Her reflection on their differences strikes up an imaginary conversation.
A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.
Captured on HUAWEI P60 Pro, "The Sea Is Not Blue At Seberang Takir" is a glimpse into the lives of three characters in a village by the sea in Kuala Terengganu. Written and directed by Ariff Zulkarnain, the short film features an anthology of poems by the great T. Alias Taib, also known as the "People's Poet".
A short film commissioned by CBC based on a poem by Canadian poet Irving Layton.
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A poetry film that tells the story of a man struggling with his deteriorating mental state and self-destruction.
A lonely engineer is intercepted by a young thief, to whom he offers to give all his money with the condition that they share a dinner together. This leads to a conversation that will put their thoughts and faith in life to test.