Film Category: Thematic
The Battle of Chile (Part 2) opens with the attempted Chilean military coup of June, 1973 which is put down by troops loyal to the…
MORE ›A rare documentary classic, Winter Soldier captures the terrifying testimonies of more than 200 ex-GIs at the 1971 Detroit Winter Soldier Investigation concerning American atrocities…
MORE ›When filmmaker Macky Alston was a child in Durham, North Carolina, he wondered why so many African-American children in his class had the same last…
MORE ›Warhol’s filmmaking in the mid-60’s experimented with aspects of art that he applied in other mediums throughout his career, here the serial portrait. In 1964-1966…
MORE ›Jay Leyda takes the viewer around The Bronx, his black-and-white cinematography as perky as René Clair’s of Paris, as gently touching as a witty poet’s…
MORE ›In 1962, Rosita Guzman, known as “La Mocha,” cut off her only thumb to escape from prison and escaped into the Mexican desert. Forty years…
MORE ›“It was during the act of painting that Pollock engaged in the act of communicating,” noted Namuth, who convinced the artist to be filmed while…
MORE ›The camera in this short film takes the viewer on a ride through an abandoned mental hospital, racing through rooms, around corners, down and out…
MORE ›Experimental photographer/filmmaker Frampton records burning on camera, on a hotplate, 13 of his photos from an unhappy period in his career, 1959-1966. Each photo is…
MORE ›Highly original and impossible to classify, the film dares to plunge into the world of autism, in a verité-style study of the experience of a…
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