“The only war is the war against the imagination”

The Poetry Deal: a film with Diane di Prima is airing on PBS stations nationwide from 2022 to 2025. Please consult your local listings for screening times or use the PBS app to stream the film

The Poetry Deal: a film with Diane di Prima premiered with a series of literary events held with live poetry readings and screened widely at dozens of national festivals. Notably, The Poetry Deal was invited to screen as part of the inaugural LitFilm festival, the Brooklyn Public Library’s popular film festival about iconoclastic writers. It is widely available through Kanopy, the PBS app, and Vimeo on-demand.

WATCH

  • PBS

    Watch on local PBS stations or through the PBS app

    PBS

  • VIMEO

    Watch on Vimeo on-demand

    Vimeo

  • Kanopy

    Watch on Kanopy

    Kanopy

Screening Events

  • Museum of American Poetics

    Included in the “Beat Film Exhibit”

    November, 2013

  • Cornelia Street Café

    New York City

    with pianist Melody Fader and poet James Navé

    January 29, 2013

  • Pacific Film Festival

    Schnitzer Cinema, University of Oregon in Eugene, OR

    December 12, 2012

  • Houston Cinema Arts Festival

    Houston, TX

    November 11, 2012

  • John D. Calandra Italian American Institute

    Queens College/CUNY, New York City

    Sept. 26 2012

  • Michigan Women’s Music Festival

    Walhalla, MI

    August 2012

  • Brooklyn Public Library

    with poets Barbara Henning and Jim Behrle

    March 7, 2012

  • Unnameable Books

    with poets Ammiel Alcalay, Ana Bozicevic, and Rachel Levitsky

    Brooklyn, NY

    October 19, 2011

  • Bowery Poetry Club

    with poet Barbara Henning

    New York City

    September 24, 2011

  • Dixon Place, “Our Material Lives”

    with poets Ana Bozicevic, Carolyn Crumpacker, and members of the feminist press Belladonna

    New York City

    September 13, 2011

  • Bowery Poetry Club

    with poets David Henderson and Barbara Henning

    New York City

    August 7, 2011

  • Out North

    screening with 5 local poets

    Anchorage, AK

    July 27, 2011

  • Barnes and Noble

    with poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan

    New York City, 86th Street

    June 29, 2011

To Purchase

For Educational Use, Screenings, or to buy on DVD: Visit Women Make Movies

For Home-Use, watch on Vimeo On Demand