Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

91 minutes | 2026

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“Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World is a documentary
about a great poet that feels like a great poem." - Boston Globe

From a lonely childhood to literary fame, her life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved.  If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it.  

 

Featuring poems read by Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Jesse Welles, and Oprah Winfrey.

Selected Screenings:

World Premiere, True/False Film Festival, Columbia, MO 
Int'l Premiere, Melbourne International Film Festival
Martha's Vineyard Film Festival
James River Film Festival, Richmond, VA
Boulder International Film Festival
Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival
Miami Film Festival
Athens International Film + Video Festival
NewportFILM
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Denver Women + Film Festival
DOC NYC SELECTS, IFC Center 
DocLands Documentary Film Festival, San Rafael, CA
Fresh Coast Film Festival, Traverse City, MI
Milwaukee Film Festival –Members Only Screening
Berkshire International Film Festival
 Colgate Writers Conference, Hamilton, NY
Crandell Theatre, Chatham, NY
Provincetown International Film Festival
Phoenix Film Society
Woollystar Music Festival, Markleeville, CA
QFest St. Louis
Frameline50, San Francisco, CA
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
FILM FEST KNOX Screening Series
Ojai Playhouse, Ojai, CA
Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO

Vermont International Film Festival

Nantucket Dreamland, MA
Bear Tooth Theatrepub, Anchorage, AK

Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, VT
National Book Festival, Library of Congress, DC
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Fondo de Cultura Económica Bookstore, Buenos Aires, AR
La Libre, Buenos Aires, AR
Appalachian Queer Film Festival, Shepherdstown, WV
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown, NY 
Ediciones Comisura, Carabanchal, Madrid
 

IFC Center, NYC, THEATRICAL OPENING JULY 3, 2026

Theatrical run at 100+ venues courtesy of Kino Lorber HERE

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