When
Saturday,
December 19
– Sunday,
December 20, 2026
10:00AM
– 4:00PM
Details
Directed by Sasha Waters. 91minutes. Not rated.
Q&A with Vermont poet laureate Bianaca Stone following the Saturday screening
Showings take place in the Billings Farm & Museum Visitor Center Theater.
Tickets are $15 person/$12 Billings Farm member.
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Woodstock Vermont Film Series presents:
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver found wonder and meaning in the ordinary: a grasshopper, a wild goose, a morning walk through the woods. In this luminous documentary, filmmaker Sasha Waters explores Oliver’s private life, difficult childhood, and extraordinary influence as a writer whose accessible, deeply personal poetry resonated with millions. Through rare interviews, photographs, notebooks, and correspondence, the film offers a glimpse into Oliver’s creative life. Admirers including John Waters, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, and Steve Buscemi share reflections and readings of her work. An intimate portrait of a remarkable poet whose close observation of the natural world was more than a source of inspiration, it was essential to her emotional well-being.
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