Lumen Productions is pleased to announce that AFTER: POETRY DESTROYS SILENCE is now available for sale and rent through the North American distributor Grasshopper Film (https://grasshopperfilm.com). Grasshopper Films, a distribution company dedicated to the release of independent, foreign, and documentary films, was founded in December 2015 by Ryan Krivoshey.

In AFTER: POETRY DESTROYS SILENCE, contemporary poets confront the Holocaust, perform. and discuss the importance and necessity for poetry in a world that still grapples with genocide. The first of its kind, poetry and cinema combine and transcend, AFTER is an exploration of poetry written about the Shoah. Directed by Richard Kroehling, produced by Janet R. Kirchheimer, executive produced by Oliver Mahrdt, the film stars Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Géza Röhrig (star of the Academy Award winning film Son of Saul), and Bo Corre, along with renowned poets including Edward Hirsch, Cornelius Eady, Sabrina Orah Mark, and more.

Named one of the best films of 2024 by Rogerebert.com, AFTER shows how poets respond to catastrophe and write in its aftermath. The film is ultimately about human resilience, the power and courage to forge new lives, and the value of poetry in looking to the past to help create a better future.