Beatrice of 9

What began as an experimental film attempting to use poetry to understand and cope with a loss slowly evolved into a poetic film that uses experimentation as a means to discovery Beatrice of 9 is a multilayered experimental documentary on loss poetry Dante and Film making a meditation consisting of nine short Cinepoems an analysis of their content and composition and ultimately a personal journey into the creative process John Cannizzaro is a maker of experimental films and stopmotion animations working primarily in Super8mm and 16mm film Exploring such diverse themes as childhood memory dreams religion and film making his films blur the boundaries between narrative documentary animation and poetry