(¿Qué es para usted la poesía?)

Content: 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

Countries:

Colombia

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

23 minutes

Year:

1980

Directors:

Cecilia Vicuña

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Director

Editor

Director of Photography