Poem for the Past
1993, English. Directed by Joel Schlemowitz.
A filmic analogy for the elusiveness of the past. The operations of unconventional printing techniques representing the processes of memory. The film begins with 8mm home movies laid in a jumble over 16mm stock and exposed with a flashlight, and ends with the home movies run through a 16mm contact printer.
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- 0h 4m
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- English
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Poem for the Past runs 4 minutes (0h 4m).
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Poem for the Past isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1993. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Poem for the Past?
Poem for the Past (1993) was directed by Joel Schlemowitz.