In 2022, theater director and dramaturge Evgenia Berkovich wrote poems about the Russian-Ukrainian war. She is imprisoned in Russia for “public incitement to terrorism”. Before the verdict was announced on January 9, 2024, she gave her final speech in poetry.
In 2022, theater director and dramaturge Evgenia Berkovich wrote poems about the Russian-Ukrainian war. She is imprisoned in Russia for “public incitement to terrorism”. Before the verdict was announced on January 9, 2024, she gave her final speech in poetry.
In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
In the winter of 2011, after a controversial election, Vladimir Putin was reinstalled as president of Russia. In response, hundreds of thousands of citizens rose up all over the country to challenge the legitimacy of Putin’s rule. Among them were a group of young, radical-feminist punk rockers, better known as Pussy Riot. Wearing colored balaclavas, tights, and summer dresses, they entered Moscow’s most venerated cathedral and dared to sing “Mother Mary, Banish Putin!” Now they have become victims of a “show” trial.
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
All-stars from previous installments convene in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.