With
all the poetry, poets and poems in movie (Beat poets have been dominating the movie scene "Howl," "On the Road," and "Kill Your Darlings"), I dream of hosting an event that
evolves around poetry and film. I was dreaming yesterday
First, I researched films about poet
and poetry.
(Yes, I was not surprised to find several databases that show
movies based on poems:
15 Movies Based On Poems - Huffington Post
10 Great Movies Based on Poems – Flavorwire
Next, I
narrowed the search to find movies released on or after 2012. The list was
still promising. I read the synopsis and drafted a dream program for April
(since it is National Poetry Month):
10:00 – 10:15 am Opening Remarks
10:15 Movie
Rita
Dove: An American Poet
10:55
am Harlem Voices:
The Poetry Of Langston Hughes And Claude McKay
http://www.filmsmediagroup.com/ItemDetails.aspx?TitleId=24065
11:30 –
1 pm Poetry
Reading in Courtyard & Lunch
1:00 pm A Poet in New York
(about
poet Dylan Thomas)
2:30 pm Lemon
(about
poet Lemon Anderson)
www.lemonthemovie.com/lemon-the-movie/about.php
4:00 pm Tar
(inspired by CK Williams’ work
with a lot of Hollywood biggies).
www.imdb.com/title/tt2133333/
Now that would be my program based on my
research. Question is how much is it to get the rights of these films so I
could show them? I could actually get a venue, possibly do some advertising and
get some folks to attend. Is my dream reachable or am I delusional?
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poetry AROUND
TOWN
Poetry Club. South
Regional/BC Library Multi-Purpose Room. Monthly, every 3rd Tuesday
at 6:30 pm.
Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.
Poetry & Spoken Word. Goddess Store n Studio. 2017 Harrison St, Hollywood, FL. Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. 6 pm.
Open mike (music, comedy,
poetry). Gigi’s Music Café. 4385 NW 88 Ave. Sunrise, FL. Weekly on Wednesdays
at 7 pm.
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my poem for
the week
Since I day dreamed above, here's one to dreaming in my sleep:
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