Influence: A Film in Verse – 2025

Posted on Posted in 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 3:00 PM
Friday, April 11, 3:00 PM

Influence: A Film in Verse
Director: Madeline Johnson Narrative, USA, 62 min
When a budding young artist’s friend is suddenly killed, he decides to seek revenge, unless his family can confront their wounds to stop him in his tracks.
Written by thirteen currently incarcerated authors.

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Red Buckets
Director: Patrick Moser, Animation, USA, 4 min
A reflection on a failed attempt to clean fish as a privileged child on the southern coast.

City of Poets
Director: Sara Rajaei, Documentary, Netherlands, 22 min
In a small, semi-utopian city, all the streets are named after poets. When war begins, new neighborhoods emerge to accommodate the refugees. Soon the citizens find themselves lost amid the memories of the forgotten poets.