Filmvisning: Mary Oliver. Saved by the Beauty of the World
Filmvisning: Mary Oliver. Saved by the Beauty of the World (documentary film screening)
About the life, career and sources of inspiration of Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Mary Oliver. Introduction by author Anna Kleiva.
This documentary is an intimate portrait of one of the United States’ best-loved poets. In more than 30 collections of poetry and essays, Mary Oliver explored nature, love and humanity’s place in the world. Her distinctive eye for the beauty of everyday life has inspired generations of readers.
The film follows Oliver’s life, from a lonely childhood in Ohio to her breakthrough as an award-winning writer, and shows how nature, love and her immediate surroundings became the driving forces behind her poetic world. Using archival material, personal photographs and interviews with close friends, biographers and poets, the documentary portrays an artist who continues to move readers around the world.
Mary Oliver received the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and is now considered one of the most widely read and significant American poets of modern times, especially in LGBTQ+ communities.
Documentary | 2026 | 1h 31min | Suitable for all ages | English audio | No subtitles | DCP
