I am very pleased to share details on this important ecopoetry film. Utility Pole is a poetry film collaboration between two leading Canadian poetry filmmakers: Vancouver’s current Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam and award-winning poetry filmmaker Mary McDonald. I have known Mary as a good friend for some time, and she was one of the judges […]
As many people in the poetry film world will know, Americans Pamela Falkenberg and Jack Cochran (Outlier Moving Pictures) are the masters of the activist ecopoetry film. Recently, I have been lucky enough to get to know them better, and I am excited to say they will be writing articles for Liberated Words, as and […]
People frequently ask about mentoring for poetry films. Sarah Tremlett is currently working on a project and has mentored in the past for both academics and beginner filmmakers and is happy to do so. There is a small charge for this, depending on how much is required and for how long. We can also recommend […]
Looking forward to presenting a ‘Beginner’s Guide to Poetry Film’ workshop on Sunday 27th June with prize-winning poet Sarah Wimbush and young, talented filmmaker Isi Turner. We have been very lucky in having the full house at twenty subscribers and others wanting to take part, so well done to Wirral for making this happen!! Looking […]
In 2016 two major workshop projects were screened. The first was FREEDOM a collaboration between Bath Dance College and Creative Writing and Media Students from Somervale School, Midsomer Norton. Devised by Sarah Tremlett, with poet Helen Moore and Howard Vause advising, media tutor Al Hannan was central to the outcome. Secondly, BUTTERFLIES HAVEN project, with […]
Good to share the results of Marc Neys’ workshop at Liberated Words III as part of Bristol Poetry Festival in 2014. The theme that year was Reflections and Memory to commemorate the anniversary of the First World War. We were thrilled to be able to include Marc, who came all the way from Belgium to […]