Filmmaker: Othniel Smith

To A Young Poet by R. S. Thomas

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Othniel Smith notes:

An interpretation of a poem by Welsh writer R. S. Thomas (1913-2000), made entirely using material taken from the public domain Prelinger Archive. Contains brief nudity.

See Smith’s Vimeo channel for many more classic poetry mashups with Prelinger films and Librivox recordings.

I Want To Die While You Love Me by Georgia Douglas Johnson

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This mash-up by Othniel Smith is so wrong, it’s right: images from Red Detachment of Women accompany a Librivox reading of a classic poem from the Harlem Rennaissance poet Georgia Douglas Johnson. I hope her heirs have a sense of humor.

Lulu Gay by Wallace Stevens

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Othniel Smith used a reading by Alan Davis Drake for Librivox and public-domain images from the Prelinger Archive to make this short film.