Rumi: Poet of the Heart

Overview

In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden, and turning round it, began reciting imagistic poetry about inner life and love of God. After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, writer Simone Fattal, poet Robery Bly, and Coleman Barks, who reworks literal translations of Rumi into poetic English. Musicians accompany Barks and Bly as they recite their versions of several of Rumi's ecstatic poems.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1998

Original language

English

Production

Magnolia Films

Cast

Deepak Chopra,Robert Bly,Rumi,Debra Winger,Coleman Barks

Director

Haydn Reiss

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0194322