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Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.

August 9, 2018

Henry Rollins waxes at a high rate of speed about the brilliance of RuPaul, meeting David Bowie, his weirdest shows, why women should rule and more in a live performance from Portland, Orego...

Young & Naive

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Young & Na!ve is a poetic apology to everyone ever sexually molested and a film that needs to be seen by everyone ever born....

Christmas in Ireland with Imelda May and Friends

December 23, 2022

Music and literary performances from well-known and up-and-coming artists filmed at Pepper Canister Church in the heart of Georgian Dublin....

Summertime

July 8, 2021

Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelinos intersect. A skating guitarist, a tagger, two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, a limo dri...

Overload

August 23, 2022

A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence....

Shut Up and Say Something

September 22, 2017

Canadian icon Shane Koyczan has brought his spoken word poetry to stages all over the world, including TED Talks that have gone viral and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. This documentary, both ...

Rhymecology: Write Better Rhymes

May 4, 2021

The world of hip-hop lyrics has changed, simple rhyme schemes just don't cut it. Rhymes are put under a microscope, and there is no lyrical leeway for emerging artists. This gripping documen...

Your Life

September 28, 2017

Official video for Andrea Gibson's powerful poem about queer identity, "Your Life."...

GHOSTS

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed. When we die, where does our energy go? Inspired by Vauhini Vara's essay "Ghosts", in which she prompted Al to help her write about her sister's passin...

Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts

September 28, 2019

Lemn Sissay presents a selection of short films from a new generation of artists who are inspired by poetry and the spoken word. Dying to Live; Notes on Being a Lady; Other Voices; Raised b...

Yayoi Kusama

May 21, 2016

Yayoi Kusama born March 22, 1929 is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, scat sculpture, performance ar...

Why We Need Pride

September 30, 2016

Short film set to a poem about why Pride is important to say thanks for human right's campaigners and to show solidarity. Dedicated to those who lost their lives in Orlando as that terrible...

The Wings

December 31, 2018

A kinetic typography animation set to a reading of the poem "The Wings" by Sebastian Fox....

Soundz of Spirit

February 7, 2005

Award winning documentary by Joslyn Rose Lyons exploring the relationship between spiritual connection and the creative process in hip-hop music....

Being Kae Tempest

November 28, 2023

Poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today. They are the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Ted...

NOISE!

October 8, 2023

Oriana Mejer's niche poem-film style has created "NOISE!". The film dissects late stage capitalism and the effects social media has on the mind. This is a spoken word poem, performed by Meje...

Blackwood

April 5, 2019

A look at the challenges of living in a small Australian town, portrayed through the lens of a novelist and her teenage son....