1. Why We Need Pride
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 lost their lives in Orlando as that terrible attack happened during production.
2. Soundz of Spirit
Award winning documentary by Joslyn Rose Lyons exploring the relationship between spiritual connection and the creative process in hip-hop music.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. Dublin, Spoken.
Three spoken word poets and event organizers based in Dublin - Melissa Ridge, Hazel Hogan and Kasey Shelley - reveal the positive impact poetry has had on their lives, and the challenges they have turning their hobby into a career.
4. Being Kae Tempest
Poet, rapper, playwright and recording artist Kae Tempest is one of the most viscerally exciting artists working in Britain today. They are the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious Ted Hughes prize and have been nominated for both the Brit and Mercury music awards. Tempest has always found support and respect within the queer art scenes, a place close to their heart. In July 2020, they came out as non-binary, announcing that they would publish and perform under the name Kae. This film delves deep into their creative process and gains rare, intimate insights into Kae’s life throughout a period of profound personal and artistic change.
5. Rhymecology: Write Better Rhymes
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 for emerging artists. This gripping documentary tells the story of Jeff Walker.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Henry Rollins, Easter Sunday
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.
7. Yayoi Kusama
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 painting, collage, scat sculpture, performance art, and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition and pattern. A precursor of the pop art, minimalist and feminist art movements, Kusama influenced contemporaries such as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and Yoko Ono.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
8. Absent intellect - A Skate Tale
An introspective into the world of inner-city London skateboarding
9. Overload
A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.
10. Hop Along Hang On
Rose the rabbit seeks her way home in this poetic story of reclamation, recovery, and reconciliation.
11. The Wings
A kinetic typography animation set to a reading of the poem "The Wings" by Sebastian Fox.
12. Somebody's Child
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 experiences with their mother's cancer diagnosis and treatment. A solo dance x spoken word film exploring family illness.
13. Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent)
(Atali'i O Le Crezent (Sons of the Crezent))
14. Christmas in Ireland with Imelda May and Friends
Music and literary performances from well-known and up-and-coming artists filmed at Pepper Canister Church in the heart of Georgian Dublin.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
15. Billie, Jasmine and the Poet
An interpretive visual to accompany the spoken word poem by Nikki Lorenzo, shot in one day on a hiking trail in Malibu, California.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
16. Your Life
Official video for Andrea Gibson's powerful poem about queer identity, "Your Life."
17. Summertime
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 exasperated fast-food worker, a limo driver—they all weave in and out of each other's stories. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still serves good cheeseburgers.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
18. Blackwood
A look at the challenges of living in a small Australian town, portrayed through the lens of a novelist and her teenage son.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
19. Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal.
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 in a live performance from Portland, Oregon.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
20. Kate Tempest at Glastonbury 2017
Kate Tempest is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright. In 2013, she won the Ted Hughes Award for her work Brand New Ancients. She was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society, a once-a-decade accolade. Her albums Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The latter's accompanying poetry book was nominated for the Costa Book of the Year in the Poetry Category. Her debut novel The Bricks That Built the Houses was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Breakthrough Author. She was nominated as Best Female Solo Performer at the 2018 Brit Awards.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
