Film Documentaries

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Brakhage

Brakhage

Film Documentaries · Documentary · Biography

Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) was possibly the most important filmmaker of the avant-garde, and one of the greatest artists of our time. From 1952, at the age of nineteen, until his death, Brakhage created more than 400 films, ranging in length from several seconds to several hours, constantly and consi…

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

Film Documentaries · Documentary · Art Documentaries

Acclaimed three-part documentary tells the proud, sad story of D.W. Griffith: the man who first brought artistry and ambition to the movies, and then, having dragged a reluctant American film industry to international prominence, found it had no more use for him.

Diva Dolorosa

Diva Dolorosa

Film Documentaries · Documentary · Film

In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of the World War One-era cinema diva. In all-but-lost gems such as La donna nuda(1914), and Tigre reale (1916), superstars such as Lyda Borelli and Pina…

Wild Bill Hollywood Maverick

Wild Bill Hollywood Maverick

Film Documentaries · Documentary · Art Documentaries

WILD BILL HOLLYWOOD MAVERICK, the acclaimed award-winning documentary, explores the life and times of the prolific American filmmaker, William A. Wellman, as well as examining the social fabric of an emerging popular culture that he was helping to construct. Raucous anecdotes and wonderful clips cel…