Preserved Film Movies

"Bump City is a colour film about the symbolic destruction of Los Angeles. It was never a very finished film, but it was about signs and advertising,...

One-time carny, bartender, and married 10 times, director Penelope Spheeris’ mother was an uncommon woman. In this sweet, funny, and moving video por...

A comically ridiculously altered version of the classic tale, in which Don Quixote is victorious over his imaginary enemies and emits Tarzan-like yell...

A portrait of North Kolkata (Calcutta),this film searches the streets for the ebb and flow of humanity and reflects the changing landscape of a city...

In Loving (1957),a couple make love in the sun and their optic system flares -- it's really the nervous system's ecstasy -- in oranges and yellows an...

In a Medieval castle, a marauder tries to kidnap the twin infant sons of the lord. He makes off with only one, whom he drops about a mile away. A pig...

[1970/2003, color, 7.5 min] Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Youth tells about his jail experience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

A writer sells his masterpiece to a film company. It gets butchered horribly in the process of getting made into a movie. Preserved by the Academy Fi...

An experimental animated short film in which a piano plays a song and the keys, hammers, and various other parts of the piano are different colors. P...

“Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron) is less a depiction of 'reality' than an exploration of the implications of the mediation of Black his...

One of the most profound themes coursing throughout Sonbert's work is that of love between couples in all its pitfalls and perfect moments. To express...

A toy soldier, distracted by a beautiful ice skater, is derelict in his duty and gets discharged. Later, when the screwball army declares war, he luck...

This short turns the spotlight on studio research departments. They are responsible for assuring that the sets, costumes, and props are as accurate as...

An Oscar Nominated short film about the adventures of a red pair of legs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Dark blood red slow shifting tones (often embedded in dark) / (often shot-thru with parallel wave-like lines) composed of all previous shapes and flow...

Feature-length documentary film about the California counter-culture movement, which toured college campuses in various film festivals of the time. P...

A fast –paced view of the times and activities of Russ Tamblyn, largely edited in camera. Glimpses of scenic locales, artistic possibilities, people o...

As Christmas approaches, Frannie Stein learns from her snide friend Gloria Oestriger that there is no Santa Claus. Frannie's disbelieving, but her fat...

Once crowned "The Princess of Black Poetry," the prolific and political Nikki Giovanni has become one of America's most popular poets. The film highli...