Key or Who Needs the Key?

Full film goes live November 15th 2025. Trailer below.

The title poem of 'Key and other Poems', 'Key', was made into a film starring the incredible T. S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Joelle Taylor, with cinematography by Cannes Lion-winning cinematographer Jacob Proud.

'Key or Who Needs the Key?' premiered at Cadence Film Festival hosted by the North-West Film Forum in Seattle. It features the poem spoken in chorus by Joelle Taylor, James E. Kenward, and the film’s young star, seven year old Phoebe Ihenacho.

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