Spoken Word Movies
- 2022
Overload
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A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.
- 2022
Christmas in Ireland with Imelda May and Friends
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Music and literary performances from well-known and up-and-coming artists filmed at Pepper Canister Church in the heart of Georgian Dublin.
- 2021
Summertime
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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...
- 2022
Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)
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- 2017
Shut Up and Say Something
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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...
- 1970
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.
- 2018
Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
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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...
- 2023
Being Kae Tempest
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Poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today. They are the...
- 2021
Rhymecology: Write Better Rhymes
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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...
- 2015
Billie, Jasmine and the Poet
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An interpretive visual to accompany the spoken word poem by Nikki Lorenzo, shot in one day on a hiking trail in Malibu, California.
- 1997
Henry Rollins, Easter Sunday
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A short film by Albert Watson from 1997 starring Henry Rollins as himself, doing his spoken word bit I Know You of the album The Boxed Life.
- 2005
Soundz of Spirit
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Award winning documentary by Joslyn Rose Lyons exploring the relationship between spiritual connection and the creative process in hip-hop music.
- 2016
Why We Need Pride
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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...
- 2019
The Wings
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A kinetic typography animation set to a reading of the poem "The Wings" by Sebastian Fox.
- 2017
Your Life
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Official video for Andrea Gibson's powerful poem about queer identity, "Your Life."
- 2016
Yayoi Kusama
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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...
- 2020
Dublin, Spoken.
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Three spoken word poets and event organizers based in Dublin - Melissa Ridge, Hazel Hogan and Kasey Shelley - reveal the positive impact poetry has...
- 2019
Blackwood
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A look at the challenges of living in a small Australian town, portrayed through the lens of a novelist and her teenage son.
- 1970
Somebody's Child
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When our loved ones lose their strength and can no longer support us, it’s our turn to support them, and each other. Inspired by Tim's personal...
- 2021
Hop Along Hang On
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Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.