We Are Poets (2011)

Directed by

Daniel Lucchesi, Alex Ramseyer-Bache

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young poets from Leeds travel to Washington D.C. to compete in an international poetry slam. The film follows their journey and creative process as they prepare for the competition.

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What happens

We Are Poets is a 2012 British documentary film directed by Daniel Lucchesi and Alex Ramseyer-Bache. It follows six young poets from Leeds Young Authors performance poetry group in Leeds on their visit to the international Poetry Slam Competition in Washington, D.C., United States. Leeds Young Authors was founded by poet Khadijah Ibrahiim. It premièred at the Doc/Fest film festival in Sheffield's Showroom Cinema on 11 June 2011, where it won the Sheffield Youth Jury Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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