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A Poem and a Mistake

A Poem and a Mistake

2023•57m•NR•Drama

Graduate student Myrrha, upset that her professor refers to Ovid's Metamorphoses as "being about love", pushes him and suddenly he transforms into a mirror version of herself. As she recollects her relationship with music, sex, and sexual violence, he is transported into Ovid's stories to come to a new understanding.

Tamilla Woodard · Director

Cheri Magid · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime57m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 19, 2023

Actors

Sarah Baskin

Sarah Baskin

Myrrha / Not Myrrha / The Gods

Grant Neal

Professor (voice)

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