Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
1 hr 31 min
Showing at 1 theater in Williamstown
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50 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, Williamstown, MA
About Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty years in order to open herself – and her readers – to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and the human relationship with the natural world – issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.
Cast & Crew
Sasha Waters Freyer, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Jesse Welles, Oprah Winfrey, John Waters, Clare Manchon, John Keith, Michael Kantor, Olivier Manchon
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How long is Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)?
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) is 1 hr 31 min long.
Who directed Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)?
Sasha Waters Freyer
What is Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) about?
If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty years in order to open herself – and her readers – to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and the human relationship with the natural world – issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.