Humphrey Jennings was one of the greatest figures in the celebrated British documentary film movement, and he is most remembered for the way his work reflects the concerns and conditions of World War... more
Described by Dziga Vertov, it's director, as an experiment in the language of pure cinema, The Man With the Movie Camera is perhaps the most dazzling and sophisticated work not only of Soviet, but of... more
LANDMARKS OF EARLY FILM To study where we've been is to better understand where we are, but early film is not of interest only because it illuminates present practices. Beyond considerable historical... more
At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinemas ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City... more
The mirror of life and people parade across the big screen in black and white moving images and then with sound and in color. Film historians Eric Lange and Serge Bromberg illustrate the birth of... more
Paul Robeson. Using both documentary footage and dramatic reenactment, singer and activist Paul Robeson explores the struggle of working class laborers to unionize and fight the corporations that... more
This enormously interesting DVD, produced in cooperation with the Fort Lee Film Commission, is perhaps the most detailed look we shall ever have at early Fort Lee film production, a center of the... more
All My Babies (1952) was selected in 2002 by the Librarian of Congress as a culturally, historically, and artistically significant work for permanent preservation in the National Film Registry. This... more