Monday, February 12, 2024

Short Films by Ted Roeder feat. Fagin, Foster, Godfrey, Patton, Szymaszek, Waldman

We've got a really exciting series of short poetry films made circa 2013 to start off this new week. They come to us courtesy of Ted Roeder, and it's possible you might have already enjoyed his two videos starring Julie Patton, which we initially announced in the fall of 2020 (but also regrettably misidentified the director as Ted Roemer). In addition to those films we've added ten new ones, which I'll detail below.

First up is a trio of films featuring Larry Fagin. In the first he speaks about writing while the second and third featuring his poetry: several new poems in the second and an excerpt from Ecology in the third. Tonya Foster (shown above) is next, reading from New Orleans Bibliography, then John Godfrey, who discusses writing in his first film and reads new work in the second. Julie Patton's two films come next, followed by Stacy Syzmaszek, who reads from Hart Island. Finally, Anne Waldman brings things to a close with three films of her reading various works. Shot in intimate settings and with glorious silvery black and white cinematography these films are as much a delight to watch as they are to listen to.

You can view all of the aforementioned films on the individual authors' pages or by clicking here for our Ted Roeder collection homepage.