Letters Not about Love

Two contemporary poets, one from America (Lyn Hejinian), the other from Russia (Arkadii Dragomoshchenko) are asked to begin a correspondence based on a list of ordinary words such as "home," "book," "poverty" and "violence." The resulting five-year dialogue is by turns poignant, profound, and funny, revealing the similarities and differences between Russian and American ways of understanding. (58 mins.)

Jacki Ochs teaches film directing at the film conservatory of SUNY Purchase.