'Come See Me in the Good Light'

A communal poetry activity led by Bianca Amira Zanella precedes a screening of Ryan White’s Oscar-nominated 2025 documentary Come See Me in the Good Light at Paramount Theatre, kicking off Rutland’s sixth annual National Poetry Month celebration. The tender but powerful biography follows an LGBTQ couple — both poets — as they navigate one partner’s terminal cancer diagnosis, finding space for humor and levity despite the psychological weight of the future. Writer Jess Bouchard, artist Kelli Prescott and death doula Jackie Proulx lead a postshow panel discussion about the film’s themes of grief, love and the precious, fleeting nature of life.