Film Category: Thematic

Anything I Catch: The Handfishing Story
Pat Mire

Pat Mire teams up with veteran filmmaker and cinematographer Charles Bush to capture the natural drama of handfishing in this documentary. Highly visual, the film…

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The End of an Old Song
John Cohen

Filmed in the mountains around Asheville, North Carolina, The End of an Old Song creates a moving portrait of Dillard Chandler, one of the last…

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The High Lonesome Sound
John Cohen

The High Lonesome Sound weaves a portrait of a region and way of life with the story of Roscoe Holcomb, the extraordinary singer-guitarist whom Eric…

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Jazz Dance
Roger Tilton

A wild cinematic ride of dancers in a New York jazz club shot by legendary cinematographer Richard Leacock. Widely regarded as the first cinema verité…

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The Love Life of the Octopus
Jean Painlevé

A scientific look at the romantic life of the octopus, filmed over a ten-year period.

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Acera or the Witches’ Dance
Jean Painlevé

Portrays the hermaphroditic acera, detailing its ritual mating habits.

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Liquid Crystals
Jean Painlevé

An under the microscope look at the multicolored molecular structures of liquid crystals.

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The River
Pare Lorentz

The River chronicles the crisis in the Mississippi River Basin: the rapacious lumbering and careless tilling that promoted soil erosion, washing away fertile topsoil and…

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Musical Poster #1
Len Lye

The first of several films Len Lye made for the British Ministry of Information during World War II. Set to wartime jazz tunes, including “Bugle…

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Window Cleaner
Jules Bucher

Window Cleaner is a charming Office of War Information (OWI) short designed to present the common man of America. Following a window cleaner on his…

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