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Film Category: Thematic
A portrait of the band Smoke’s lead singer unfolds through a patchwork of still images, rehearsal and performance footage, black-and-white collages, and interviews with Benjamin himself. Festival Year: 2001
MORE ›With its deceptively restrained tone, this film investigates a father’s passing through edited home movies and a contemporary soundtrack in which family members talk about the father’s life. Festival Year: 2004
MORE ›Russ and Mary Jane Jordan’s Iowa farm has been in the family for 125 years. Like the heroes of their beloved western movies, the Jordans…
MORE ›A transfixing tribute to filmmaker Alan Berliner’s cousin Edwin Honig. Once a master of intricate phrasing, the acclaimed poet now struggles with a fading memory.…
MORE ›In this brief film, Alfred Guzzetti dissects a single image taken by his amateur-photographer father seventy-three years ago. The photograph, taken at night, features an…
MORE ›In the process of writing his will, architect Glen Small requests that his estranged daughter, Lucia Small, write his biography. Despite the fact that Lucia’s…
MORE ›Morgan Dews’s grandmother, Allis, passed away in 2001. She had never spoken about her marriage to his grandfather, Charley, while she was alive. After her…
MORE ›Stylish, affecting, and witty all in the same breath, this celebrated film portrays the life of Joseph Cassuto, Alan Berliner’s maternal grandfather, whose yearning for…
MORE ›In 1981 when Marco Williams is a senior in college, he places a call to his estranged father, hoping to arrange a first meeting. It’s…
MORE ›From 1972 to 1975, Alfred Guzzetti documented extensive interviews with generations of his extended family. Divided into three parts, Guzzetti presents these sessions, some sound…
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