The Dreamed Ones, Ruth Beckermann. 2016. Courtesy Grasshopper Films.
Half Halt, Sofia Theodore-Pierce. 2025.
In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun, Sylvia Schedelbauer, 2022.
Descartes and the Splendor Of, Joanne Kyger, 1968.
Courtesy UCSD Library — Special Collections and Archives, with thanks to Donald Guravich.
Leisure, Utopic, Beatrice Gibson. 2024
Restless Leg Saga, Shana Moulton, 2012.
What Is Poetry to You? Cecilia Vicuña, 1980.
Listening for Something … Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation, Dionne Brand, 1996.
Committed, Lynne Tillman and Sheila McLaughlin, 1984.
John Ashbery’s ‘How to Take a Bath,’ Guy Maddin, 2009.
Day Program: Correspondences (3:00-6:00 pm)
Cecilia Vicuña, What Is Poetry to You? 1980, 23 mins.
Beatrice Gibson, Leisure, Utopic, 2024, 2 mins. —LA premiere!
Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Half Halt, 2025, 11 mins. —director in person!
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Paris / France / jardin, 1976, 11 mins. —rare screening!
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, White Dust From Mongolia, 1980, 32 mins. —rare screening!
Feature: Ruth Beckermann, The Dreamed Ones, 2016, 89 mins.
TRT: 168 mins. (2 hrs. 48 mins.)
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Dinner break
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Evening Program: Commitments (7:00-10:00 pm)
Sylvia Schedelbauer, In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun, 2022, 17 mins.
Dionne Brand, Listening for Something … Adrienne Rich and Dionne Brand in Conversation, 1996, 55 mins.
Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Good Jazz, 2017, 6 mins. —director in person!
Shana Moulton, Restless Leg Saga, 2012, 7 mins.
Feature: Lynne Tillman + Sheila McLaughlin, Committed, 1984, 76 mins. —rare screening!
TRT: 161 mins. (2 hrs. 41 mins.)
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Video on View in 2220 Space | Friday & Saturday
Simone Fattal, Autoportrait, 1972/2012
Abigail Child + Mónica de la Torre, To and No Fro, 2005
Anne Tardos, Animals, 1971–72
Guy Maddin, John Ashbery’s ‘How to Take a Bath,’ 2009
Joanne Kyger, Descartes and the Splendor Of, 1968
Jackson Mac Low, Jacajurismatics: Participants at Home, 1966
These programs would not be possible without Joseph Mosconi, Andrew Maxwell, the PRB, and 2220; Cecilia Vicuña; EAI; Anne Tardos; Sylvia Schedelbauer; Lynne Tillman; Sofia Theodore-Pierce; Jibade-Khalil Huffman; Shana Moulton; Beatrice Gibson; Simone Fattal; David Buuck; Guy Maddin; Canyon Cinema and Zachary Epcar; Dionne Brand, Courtesy National Film Board of Canada; UCSD Library — Special Collections and Archives, with thanks to Donald Guravich and Nina Mamikunian; The Dreamed Ones: Courtesy Sixpack Film. Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Courtesy University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Gift of the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Memorial Foundation.
September 19, 2025
What Is Poetry to You?
Films, video,
and archival works
directed by poets, about poets, starring poets, “about” poetry, derived in “poetry,” interrogating poetry …
A FUNDRAISING AFTERNOON & EVENING TO CELEBRATE
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
OF LA’S OWN
the POETIC RESEARCH BUREAU
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2 programs
with works by
Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Simone Fattal, Anne Tardos, Lynne Tillman & Sheila McLaughlin, Ruth Beckermann, Abigail Child & Mónica de la Torre, Beatrice Gibson, Dionne Brand, Joanne Kyger, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Guy Maddin, Shana Moulton, Cecilia Vicuña, Jackson Mac Low, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Sylvia Schedelbauer, & more to be announced
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What Is Poetry to You?
Fundraising Screenings for Poetic Research Bureau
Sept. 19, 2025
Program 1: 3:00-6:00pm
Program 2: 7:00pm–9:30pm
2220 Arts + Archives
2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Full Day Pass: $25 | Per Program: $15
And on Saturday, September 20, don’t miss the poets …
Poetic Research Bureau’s 25th Anniversary Marathon Reading and Small Press Fair. Same place!
12pm - 7pm | Purchase Tickets (from $15) | Tickets are tax-deductible donations