Where to Watch Rumi: Poet of the Heart Online

Yearning to watch 'Rumi: Poet of the Heart' in the comfort of your own home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Haydn Reiss-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Rumi: Poet of the Heart' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Rumi: Poet of the Heart' right now, here are some specifics about the Magnolia Films documentary flick.

Released January 1st, 1998, 'Rumi: Poet of the Heart' stars Debra Winger, Rumi, Coleman Barks, Robert Bly The NR movie has a runtime of about 58 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from well-known users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "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." .