AFTER: POETRY DESTROYS SILENCE
A film by Richard Kroehling
2024, 86 minutes
2024, 86 minutes
No. 466
Documentary
Documentary
Description
The first of its kind, where poetry and cinema combine and transcend, After is an exploration of poetry written about the Shoah. Contemporary poets respond to the Holocaust and talk about the importance and necessity for poetry in a world that still grapples with genocide.
Rather than seeing the devastation, After shows how poets respond to catastrophe and write in its aftermath. The film is ultimately about human resiliency, the power and courage to forge new lives, and the value of poetry in looking to the past to help create a better future. Starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Géza Röhrig, and Bo Corre, along with renowned poets, including Edward Hirsch and Cornelius Eady.
Rather than seeing the devastation, After shows how poets respond to catastrophe and write in its aftermath. The film is ultimately about human resiliency, the power and courage to forge new lives, and the value of poetry in looking to the past to help create a better future. Starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Géza Röhrig, and Bo Corre, along with renowned poets, including Edward Hirsch and Cornelius Eady.
Festivals
Official Selection, Miami Jewish Film Festival
Reviews
“This experimental film…insists on the need for poetry as a means of remembering and addressing trauma.” - The New York Times
“'After: Poetry Destroys Silence' is a documentary that argues that poets are as crucial to processing unthinkable tragedy as historians. The film’s look and sound are lyrical, providing an apt setting for the poets who recite their work and discuss the kind of communication that fills in the gaps left by recitations of fact, archival images, or dramatic re-enactments." - RogerEbert.com
