Film/Video

Sonnets and Cinema

Collaged stills from the films Piñero, Poetry, and SlamNation.
Experience the power of verse with three nights of live readings and poetry-focused films.
Feb 15, 2024 – Feb 22, 2024

Tickets sold separately for each film. Ticket cost:
$7 members and adults 55 and over

$9 general public

$5 students

The world is always in need of what poetry provides: empathy, self-awareness, and a way to acknowledge your surroundings from a different perspective. And while many people may never pick up a book of poetry or attend an open mic, we all watch movies. 

Columbus poet and Streetlight Guild founder Scott Woods has organized a series of three nights of film and poetry readings that illuminate the often-overlooked benefits—and pleasure—of poetry, quality cinema, and the marriage of the two as a communal experience. Each night will include a film screening, a reading by Woods, and a reading by another Columbus poet. 

IMAGE CAPTION 
From left: Piñero, courtesy of Paramount Pictures; Poetry, courtesy of Film Movement; SlamNation, courtesy of Paul Devlin.

An older Korean woman stands in her kitchen. Facing the camera, she looks closely at an red apple streaked with yellow that she holds up toward the light.
past Film/Video

Poetry (Lee Chang-dong, 2010)Introduced with readings by Scott Woods and Louise Robertson

Thu, Feb 15, 2024
Benjamin Bratt as a bearded Piñero wears a leather jacket, smirks, and holds a placard that says "NYPD 12 PCT, Pinero, M" for his mugshot.
35MM Print
past Film/Video

Piñero (Leon Ichaso, 2001)Introduced with readings by Scott Woods and Dr. Sidney Jones Jr.

Sat, Feb 17, 2024
Two young Black men, a young Asian man, and a young Black woman stand together outside and read aloud from a sheet of paper the woman holds in front of her.
16MM Print
past Film/Video

SlamNation (Paul Devlin, 1998)Introduced with readings by Scott Woods and Zach Hannah

Thu, Feb 22, 2024
Collaged stills from the films Piñero, Poetry, and SlamNation.
Read, Watch & Listen

Syllabus: Sonnets and Cinema

Fri, Feb 02, 2024

Program Support

Sonnets and Cinema curated by Scott Woods.

SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY

National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities 
 
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY

Rohauer Collection Foundation
 
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY 
Ohio Department of Development

Greater Columbus Arts Council

The Wexner Family

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Ohio Arts Council
, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc

Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme

The Columbus Foundation

Nationwide Foundation

Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease 

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate