CinemaOSMovie · 1998 · 0h 58m · NR

Rumi: Poet of the Heart

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In 1244, Jelaluddin Rumi, a Sufi scholar in Konya, Turkey, met an itinerant dervish, Shams of Tabriz. A powerful friendship ensued. When Shams died, the grieving Rumi gripped a pole in his garden, and turning round it, began reciting imagistic poetry about inner life and love of God. After Rumi's death, his son founded the Mevlevi Sufi order, the whirling dervishes. Lovers of Rumi's poems comment on their power and meaning, including religious historian Huston Smith, writer Simone Fattal, poet Robery Bly, and Coleman Barks, who reworks literal translations of Rumi into poetic English. Musicians accompany Barks and Bly as they recite their versions of several of Rumi's ecstatic poems.

Directed byHaydn Reiss

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 58m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1998
Studios
Magnolia Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Narrator (voice)

Rumi

Self - Poet (archive footage)

Coleman Barks

Self

Robert Bly

Self

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Haydn Reiss

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