Performed by Kat Smiley — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch
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Read Poem: Genere is Friendship, by Mallika Kumar — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Dedicated to my friend Raghuvendra Sweet memories, that will always shine, Shimmering of them will do remind Of Someone who is very special. To some he’s a chattering box… For some a pain in the neck. This is what others perceive him as; Who fail to see a beautiful mind, a caring heart and a […]
Read Poem: UNDERSTAND ME, by by Natie Jay Tembe — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
I am not a usual thing; I am not the standard spirited young adult, still brimming with teenage angst and aged wisdom passed down from the withered hand that put me too sleep many years ago. I am not the oh-so-common, die-in-your-mid-twenties young adult that fought, screaming at their own reflection every day in both […]
Read Poem: Black Person, Should I Be More Like You?, by Sway Writes — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Cookie cutter black person What does it mean to be like you? What do I need to do? How do I say what I need to say to sound more like you? “Be more black, act your race” is what they all say What does that even mean?! I refuse to be a cookie cutter […]
Read Poem: A Beautiful Death, by Kristen Corbisiero — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
This love was never meant to make history, Darling, we were never meant to move the stars and caress fate. This mere distraction turned into a spell-bounding affair Of two hearts stuck on each other. With the red string closing in at their throats, We are simply two souls, trapped in a fragile state of […]
Read Poem: Avoiding the Clutches of Tony Glut, by Matt Snyder ©2019 — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
The road to 165 is a slow and arduous task for every small 20 foot hill conquered I still stumble down large mountains often with my feet stuck in thick mud but thankfully avoiding any quick sand I’ve managed to evade Tony Glut on Easter Day because I don’t want to pay the price for […]
Read Poem: Solitude in the City Woods, by Peeush Trikha — POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film.
Solitude in the City Woods The Mid July heat, the heat on the concrete pavements, Of ACs drawing out heat from all corners of houses, The CO2 s and NOs of the automobiles making life hellish, makes one feel thirsty, hot and tired. Yet tasks are to be done. Targets to me met. Disputes to […]
Read Poem: Take My Hand, by Remi Delaplace
Come wander with me,
In these hallowed
halls of endless night.
Where I will show you,
Many things
of horror and delight.
Faint whispers hiss while
Shadows shift
and flit behind your back.
Tattered curtains sigh
Those swaying
shades of lovely black.
Candle flames flicker,
As we haunt
rooms dusty and decayed.
Eyes ever watching
From paintings
whose colors start to fade.
Mournful howls from wolves
Who prowl woods
Below a rising moon.
Hear them, the children
Of the night,
How beautiful they croon.
You smell so lovely,
We embrace
Before the windowsill.
These hands may be cold
But my dear,
My lips are colder still.
”If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — Art of Quotation
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell, “The Freedom of the Press” (1945)
In Memory: “What the artist does is jump-start your mind and make you see something fresh… An artist breathes life back into stereotypes.” — Art of Quotation
“What the artist does is jump-start your mind and make you see something fresh, as if you were a visitor to the moon. An artist breathes life back into stereotypes.” John Baldessari, photographer, painter, filmmaker, sculptor, 1931-2020
POETRY FESTIVAL. Submit to site for FREE. Submit for actor performance. Submit poem to be made into film. 