Now Available: Four New Poetry Films by Alexis Krasilovsky

Posted January 31st, 2025 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events

Rafael (2023, 1.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP)

Videopoem based on “Rafael”, a poem about the angel, by Rodger Kamenetz, from his book, The Missing Jew: Poems 1976-2022. This microfilm (with embedded English subtitles) includes several photocollages by Alexis Krasilovsky as well as sand video filmed by Zell Lundberg.

Positive Thinking (2023, 1.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP)

A short videopoem about a Tibetan Buddhist man who follows the Karmapa Cheno tradition, filmed in a cave of the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, China by Rodger Kamenetz, the author of The Jew and the Lotus.

A Petal Pushed By the Breeze (2023, 1.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP)

This short videopoem features a poem by Rodger Kamenetz and the lotus blossoms of Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California.

Verse for a Second Childhood (2023, 1.5 minutes, color, sound, digital file or DCP)

A videopoem about ageism and older women.