What Is Poetry to You?

Overview

Cecilia Vicuña made her first documentary while residing in Colombia after the 1973 coup d’état in Chile. Through this fundamental inquiry: ¿Qué es para usted la poesía? / What is poetry to you?, Vicuña unravels the role and substance of poetry in people’s lives. Speaking with school children, street performers, policemen, sex workers, fellow artists, and a scientist, the all embracing character of poetry emerges—its transformative role in personal relations, as a basis of oral history and the revolutionary imagination. – Chris Borkowski

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1980

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Cast

Cecilia Vicuña

Director

Cecilia Vicuña

Cinematography

Peter Goodhew

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt20721022