The Greatest Poem

The Greatest Poem

“The Greatest Poem” is inspired by the words of Walt Whitman who believed that the power of poetry and democracy are derived from their capacity to make a unified whole from diverse and sometimes contradictory parts. In this spirit of diversity and unity, the film was made into a beautiful whole by a team of 20+ artists, from around the U.S. and world, posed around the question “What does it mean to be American?”

Directed by Elyse Kelly
Written by Philippa Hughes

Sequence Directors (in order of appearance):
Rohan McDonald
Nazlı Cem
Zoë Soriano
Eric Larson
Catalina Matamoros
Cynthia Chu
Yoon Su Lee
Nijah Brown
Sofia Diaz
Mithra Krishnan
Jackson Ammenheuser
Megan Jedrysiak
Matea Losenegger
Angela Hsieh
Ana Mouyis
Sara Spink
Selina Donahue
Dena Springer
Dorca Musseb

Additional design by Darren Enterline

Narrated by Raechel Wong
Sound design & Music by Cathead Noise & Lunar Year