Silent Movies

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

This hand-painted and elaborately step-printed work begins with a flourish of reds and yellows and purples in palpable fruit-like shapes interspersed...

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

An exploration of fears that come with dating and finding a relationship. A continuation of the planned 'love trilogy' which began with 'In My life'.

Andy Warhol directs The Factory regular Louisa "Jackie" Foster for a screen test.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

Documentary that details the daily habits of beavers and their interaction with the ecosystem at large. Filmed mostly in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

A jar of Cheez Whiz careens wildly through a Treasure Island Foods at 3460 N. Broadway, Chicago, Illinois. Cheez Whiz was Norm Bruns' first film. It...

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars...

What happens to art when it loses its artist?

An insoluble quest.

A boy explains the various steps to making a bowl of cereal in a hilarious Charlie Chaplin-inspired scatter.

Death awaits the souls of those who perished and interviews them before they move on.

In search of something, a woman goes on a fantastic exploration of her house.

Shows masked mental patients enacting various schizophrenic symptoms as they were understood at the time. A disturbing film that raises questions...

At the center are takes which do not change - a tree in a field in Vermont, U.S.A. Since the film was shot over a period of fifty days, the single...

After getting involved in a car accident, a depressed, isolated, and chronically online girl tries to cut back her internet addiction and reconnect...

A teenager turns to filming their family after the loss of their mother.

Two girls spend the evening together. You'll never believe what happens next!

Exploring the Anthropocene era characterized by human impact on the planet, this is an enlightening VR film that examines an emerging superpower...