Amy Halpern Filmes

A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.

Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary...

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

with Yogi John Franzoni

A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new...

The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles serves as the backdrop of Pat O’Neill’s artfully-crafted film. Shot in the classic Hollywood style,...

Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never...

What can I say about a private letter?

In the politically charged atmosphere of the early 70s, Mikis Theodorakis conducted a concert of his music in Philadelphia. His music was banned in...

The dilapidated former house/headquarters of South Central LA's Black Panthers is at the center of a clash between radical ideals of the past, and...

A portrait of Jane Wodening (Brakhage). “A person who was the subject of the camera for many years looks back at us with an interrogating...

Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.

Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness. And...

Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene.