Amy Halpern Movies

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

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

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...

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

A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde.

Statement and demonstration.

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

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

With Asha Wilson and Joyce Campbell.

with Yogi John Franzoni

A rhythmic montage of almost 200 faces, human and animals, that Halpern pans vertically, creating a cascade of visages suggesting that while...

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

with Adnan Ibrahim "Stand up and use your ears like a man" - Charles Ives

“Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”

Illusions of surface, abstract to pictorial. Initially the grain of the film emulsion, complete with scratches, variations in framing – the...

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

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