16 Millimeter Earrings
(1979),
filmed recreation of Meredith Monk’s multimedia solo performance
(2017 Federal Grants).
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42nd St Movie
(1969),
impressionist documentary of New York street life by Nicholas Doob
(2016 Federal Grants).
Basic Film Terms: A Visual Dictionary
(1970),
instructional film by Sheldan Renan illustrating basic filmmaking techniques
(2024 Federal Grants).
Basic Television Terms: A Video Dictionary
(1977),
instructional film by Sheldan Renan illustrating basic television production techniques, featuring Leonard Nimoy
(2024 Federal Grants).
The Boy Who Saw Through
(1958),
live-action tale, produced by Mary Ellen Bute and directed by George Stoney, of a teenage boy’s quest to learn “the facts of life”
(2008 Federal Grants).
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Chemical Architecture
(1968),
film by Frank Mouris and Peter Schlaifer commissioned for the “Plastic as Plastic” show at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York
(2015 Federal Grants).
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Costumed Dancer
(1969),
Nicholas Doob’s stylized portrait of a dancer
(2016 Federal Grants).
The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy
(1980),
short feature by Kathleen Collins about three Puerto Rican brothers hired to renovate the home of an elderly Irish widow in New York
(2022 Federal Grants).
End of the Art World
(1971),
experimental documentary by Alexis Krasilovsky featuring Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, the first undergraduate student film made by a woman at Yale University
(2021 Federal Grants).
James Baldwin: From Another Place
(1973),
Sedat Pakay’s documentary of James Baldwin in Istanbul
(2019 Federal Grants).
Kapauku 1954/5–1959
(1950s),
feature-length documentary about the Papuan tribe of West New Guinea shot by anthropologist Leopold Pospisil
(2014 Federal Grants).
Our Union
(1947),
leftist appraisal of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, produced by Carl Marzani for Union Films
(2010 Partnership Grants).
Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
(1965),
celebrated adaptation by Ted Nemeth and Mary Ellen Bute of the novel by James Joyce
(2009 Federal Grants).
Plastic Saints
(1968),
experimental film by Nicholas Doob featuring footage of the 1967 March on the Pentagon
(2016 Federal Grants).
Shades
(1960),
fictional short filmed on Rikers Island by City College of New York film students and staff for the NYC Department of Correction
(2023 Federal Grants).
Street Corner Stories
(1977),
Warrington Hudlin’s documentary on the dialogue and storytelling of a New Haven corner store’s African American customers
(2018 Federal Grants).
Tony Williams in Africa
(1973),
documentary of the fusion jazz drummer’s experience with the West African talking drum, directed by Yale professor and jazz musician Willie Ruff
(2020 Federal Grants).
You’re Not Real Pretty But You’re Mine...
(1968),
early student film by Frank Mouris
(2015 Federal Grants).
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