ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival: Summer Open-Air
Patti Smith – Dream Of Life

Film
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2025
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© Steven Sebring

In masterful visual language, director Steven Sebring follows singer, poet, and visual artist Patti Smith on her extraordinary journey—as a cultural icon, creative rebel, and profound thinker.

The film weaves together intimate interviews, electrifying performances, photographs, paintings, and poems into a multi-layered portrait, narrated by Patti Smith herself. With great visual power and emotional intimacy, it creates a unique cinematic experience—poetic, personal, and deeply inspiring.

In case of rain, the film screening will take place at the Haus für Poesie.

Documentary film by Steven Sebring about Patti Smith (GER 2008)
Running time: 109 min
Language: English with German subtitles