Today, Thursday's Three brings you a trio of poetry films, all comprising collaborations between spoken word poet and novelist Lucy English and a voiceover artist, actor, or poet and a filmmaker. The films are part of English's excellent Book of Hours project.
As of October 30, 2016, English's project totaled 19 films and another 7 in production; her project goal is 48 films. (Read "Update on the Book of Hours Project; More Collaborators Sought" at Moving Poems.)
✭ High Summer: The Book of Hours (GIFT Producciones, 2015) ~ In this collaboration, English's poem "High Summer" for Liberated Words is read by actor, poet, and voiceover artist Nick Pemberton. The filmmaker is Carolyn Richardson.
✭ Que Es El Amor (GIFT Producciones, 2016) ~ For this film, director Eduardo Yague translates into Spanish English's lyric poem What Is Love? Yague also provides the voiceover. Appearing in the videopoem is actor Steffan Carlson.
✭ Daisy Chain (GIFT Producciones, 2017) ~ This film is also directed by Eduardo Yague. Its voiceover is by Rebecca Tantony, and the music is by Podington Bear. Actress Gabriella Roy appears briefly.
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