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Showing 1 - 10 of 103 titles with a criteria of Subject is Literature
About Everything There Is to Know
Following the legacy of literary icon César Vallejo, the film explores the tensions between oral and written tradition, avant-garde literature, and popular culture.
Pragda Films | 2021 | 92 minutes
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 | 67 minutes
Barajas
Latin America's turbulent history told through archives of the deaths of authors Angel Rama, Marta Traba, Manuel Scorza, and Jorge Ibargüengoitia.
Pragda Films | 2021 | 63 minutes
Bécquer and the Witches
An exploration of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer's "Letters from My Cell" and the witchcraft legends of Trasmoz, blending history, mysticism, and poetry.
Pragda Films | 2018 | 82 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
