Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love delves into the intimate and transformative period that American poet Elizabeth Bishop spent in Brazil from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s. Immersed in a foreign land, Bishop encountered an unexpected but profound love with Brazilian architect and urbanist Lota de Macedo Soares, whose vibrant presence and cultural roots brought Bishop into the heart of Brazil’s artistic and social circles. Through a blend of Bishop’s personal letters and poems, rare archival footage, and Bishop’s own voice together with new recordings of her poems by poet Anne Carson, the film constructs a layered portrait of a foreigner captivated by Brazil’s spirit while contending with its complexities and her own vulnerabilities. In this unique collage, <>Elizabeth Bishop, From Brazil with Love<> invites viewers into Bishop’s Brazil, revealing how this relationship and country profoundly shaped her poetry and life.