Poetic License: Transparent

Directed by Zhu Yunyi, Transparent joins original series Poetic License, as Tilda Swinton takes a slow, meditative journey into Derek Jarman’s poem Chroma during a visit to Beijing. A lyrical voyage through the color spectrum, written as he began to lose his sight, Swinton reads Jarman’s words through the tapestry of memories and desires carried in its verses, reminiscing on their friendship and the lasting legacy of Jarman’s poetry and image-making over an afternoon in the Chinese city.