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1. The Blue Years (The Blue Years)

Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century of poetry.

2. A Message from the East

The story of Muhammad Iqbal, a turn of the century poet/philosopher from South Asia. Through Iqbal's work we open a dialog between the East and West, refute the notion of a class of civilizations and discover our shared humanity.

3. Regard Silence (Mira el silencio)

“I love poetry because it makes me feel like my mind expands.” In Regard Silence, that's the very first sentence expressed—in sign language of course. Watching the poems signed by deaf people in this film has a similarly mind-expanding effect. That’s because sign language—the Mexican version in this case—is a very different means of communication than written or spoken language.

4. Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire ,Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Night of the Iguana, The , and Suddenly, Last Summer . Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow ', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

5. Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus (Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus)

(Um Dia Eu Fui Zeus)

6. An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget (Pagsisiyasat sa Gabing Ayaw Lumimot)

Erwin Romulo, the late Alexis Tioseco’s best friend, recalls the events after the critic and his girlfriend Nika Bohinc’s untimely death in their home in Quezon City. Diaz makes use of one long take to allow Romulo an uninterrupted narration of the events. The pain of recalling is palpable.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

7. Gabo & Cinema (Gabo y el Cine)

It is said that Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez never allowed for a film adaptation of his singular masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', arguably the most influential novel in any language of the second half of the twentieth century, to be produced. However, the prolific Colombian writer had strong ties to the movies.

8. Čas naplnil sa... (Čas naplnil sa...)

(Čas naplnil sa...)

9. Básnik Pavol Ušák Oliva (Básnik Pavol Ušák Oliva)

(Básnik Pavol Ušák Oliva)

10. D'Annunzio: l'uomo che inventò se stesso (D'Annunzio: l'uomo che inventò se stesso)

(D'Annunzio: l'uomo che inventò se stesso)

It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.

11. The Grass Dwellers (Los habitantes del pasto)

Juan Méndez Bernal leaves his house on the 9th of april of 1936 to fight in the imminent Spanish Civil War. 83 years later, his body is still one of the Grass Dwellers. The only thing that he leaves from those years on the front is a collection of 28 letters in his own writing.

12. Estos muros (Estos muros)

In the mountains of Madrid, Spain, a railway track on an abandoned bridge and a poem erased from the wall of a ruined building reveal a deliberately silenced story: the system established by Franco's dictatorship after the civil war that allowed hundreds of companies to use thousands of convicted Republicans as slave labor.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

13. Cowboy Poets

Since 1985, poets, songwriters and musicians have gathered at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

14. Parapontiy Mazley (Парапонтий Мазлей)

In the film, the outstanding contemporary avant-garde poet Vladimir Ignatiev, the heir of OBERIUT, appeared. He played himself and read his own poetry. The film was shot 25 years ago soon after Vladimir received a serious craniocerebral injury, received as a result of the bandit attack.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

15. Luna grande (Luna grande)

(Luna grande)

It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.

16. Voices & Visions: T.S. Eliot

Eliot's life, influence, and poetry from the bold originality of "Prufrock" to the probing, meditative style of "Four Quartets" are explored with photos, archival footage, and discussion with friends, critics, and scholars.

17. Mes indésirables (Mes indésirables)

"Before I left today, I almost forgot to answer a lot of e-mails."

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

18. Essay on color and its absence (Ensaio sobre a cor e sua ausência)

An experiment and a dialogue about recording, the act of filming and the colors available to whoever points the camera somewhere.

19. 100 Years of Ulysses

Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce , is published by US poet Sylvia Beach , owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.

20. Sender Barayon. A trip into the light (Sender Barayon. Viaje hacia la luz)

The story of the pioneering electronic composer Ramón Sender Barayón. From his escape from the Spanish Civil War to the California of psychedelia, hippies and counterculture.