Armenian Sketches
The documentary “Armenian Sketches” is a series of short stories about people who represent their national culture and traditions with sincere warmth. Like a puzzle, viewers may put together a big picture out of those st
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The documentary “Armenian Sketches” is a series of short stories about people who represent their national culture and traditions with sincere warmth. Like a puzzle, viewers may put together a big picture out of those st
"It’s about nothing, about everything, it’s about life." - Jonas Mekas "Every time I try to fly I fall without my wings, I feel so small" - Britney Spears Animated fanzine. All frames were printed on a copy machine, ha
A powerful documentary about the ancient songs that have been sung and passed down from generation to generation, and the people who pass them on! The fire of the rituals has been passed down from person to person for ce
The 275th anniversary of Salem's Black Picnic - aka Negro Election Day. It is believed to be the only continuing pre-emancipation event for black people in the United States.
A beautiful and attractive young girl initiates a game of seduction with her neighbor, a solitary painter who hides a secret.
Super-8 film by Stan Brakhage. “Brief songs of light and line.”
Steves Market - a grocery store and a fixture in downtown Salem. This video is supported in part by a grant from the Salem Cultural Council.
Jeff Savlon and Hannah Cranton strumming and singing their way from Salem to New York City.
Like many of my films THUMBNAIL SKETCHES began as a flipbook. However this particular book didn't really flip. Each page instead of being one phase in a series (like a frame of film), contained a complete cycle of 8 draw
A collision of separate pasts, this film pieces together fragments of the director’s own images and text from the East German town of Halle with those produced by Bauhaus painter Lyonel Feininger in 1930.
Journey through an endless night leading to unknown.
Salem wakes up. An early morning spin around town during a blustery snowy winter.
Written Directed, Staring Edited and Produced by Bumdog Torres, a career homeless man living in Downtown Los Angeles "Sketches of Nothing by a Complete Nobody” is a log of a few days in the life of homelessness.
Travelogues can also contain “mini-dramas”: this is what the “pocket films” of Notes and Sketches I (2005-15) reveal. Surprising behavioural studies of man and animal, the hidden humour of nature’s phenomena as well as
Take a ride on a small town train. Brought to you by John Wathne of Salem - artist, structural designer and tiny train conductor.
A digital diary reflecting Jon Jost's experiences in India in 2003, when he was teaching filmmaking with digital cameras there. The material in this impressionistic film is adapted to the Indian way of life, with the che
The journey of a group of friends in Guria (Georgia).