What Is Poetry to You?
1980, Spanish. Directed by Cecilia Vicuña.
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
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- 1 January 1980
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- ¿Qué es para usted la poesía?
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What Is Poetry to You? (1980) was directed by Cecilia Vicuña and stars Cecilia Vicuña.