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Showing 1 - 10 of 92 titles with a criteria of Subject is Literature
All the World's Memory
An exploration of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Icarus Films | 1956 | 21 minutes
Almayer's Folly
Narrative film adaptation by Chantal Akerman of Joseph Conrad's first novel, following a European man living in Southeast Asia and his half-indigenous daughter.
Icarus Films | 2011 | 127 minutes
The Art of Being Human
A remarkable artist who helps us see the humanity in others.
Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 28 minutes
Art Poetry, Part 1
Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.
Pragda Films | 2012 | 62 minutes
Art Poetry, Part 2
Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.
Pragda Films | 2012 | 62 minutes
Bertsolari
Bertsolaritza is an ancestral, completely improvised, form of Basque poetry. Anachronistic? Not at all: the bertsolari, with their spontaneous creation and wordplay, could be an inspiration for rappers and other improv artists.
Pragda Films | 2011 | 52 minutes
Bestseller
Why do some books become bestsellers? This documentary examines the phenomenon in today's global publishing industry.
Icarus Films | 2006 | 52 minutes
Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet
In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 17 minutes
Carretera Cartonera: Discover the World of Cartonera Publishers
Carretera Cartonera travel across Latin America to understand Cartonera book production. What they find is a diverse and vast array of citizens and cooperatives committed to using literary production as a means of fighting for social justice, economic equality, and a more sustainable world.
Pragda Films | 2016 | 37 minutes
Colette
A fascinating visit with the legendary writer in her Paris apartment on the Palais Royal circa 1951. And Jean Cocteau drops by.
Icarus Films | 1951 | 29 minutes
