2004 Partnership Grants

Can You Beat It?

(1919), two-reel comedy released by Jester Comedies featuring Dorothy Earle and Flo Bailey (George Eastman Museum).

Cresci/Tarantino Collection

(1958–63), home movies of San Francisco’s Madonna del Lume and Columbus Day celebrations (San Francisco Media Archive).

Ellis Island

(1979), Monk’s meditation on the immigrant experience (House Foundation for the Arts).

Galapagos: Wild Eden

(1964-66), film of Roger Tory Peterson’s journey to the archipelago (Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History).

Geodite

(1966), filmed performance of the Lewitzky Dance Company (University of Southern California, Moving Image Archive).

Heaven and Earth Magic

(1957–62), Harry Smith’s avant-garde narrative created with collage animation (Anthology Film Archives).

Kinaesonata

(1970), filmed rehearsal of Bella Lewitzky (University of Southern California, Moving Image Archive).

Licorice Train

(mid-1970s), International Film Foundation educational film illustrating the subway journey of a Brooklyn boy through neighborhoods vastly different than his own (New York Public Library).

Logan Film Collection

(1939), footage of the motorcycle expedition that blazed the route that later became the Alcan and Cassier Highways (University of Alaska Fairbanks).

McClure Collection

(1944–47), four films of Lula, Mississippi, by Delta farmer Robert McClure (Mississippi Department of Archives and History).

Nine Films from the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Water

(1932-35), documentaries promoting model forestry practices (Pennsylvania State Archives).

N:O:T:H:I:N:G

(1968), Paul Sharits breakthrough “flicker” film inspired by Tibetan mandalas (Anthology Film Archives).

Picture in Your Mind

(1948), Philip Stapp’s animated educational film promoting cultural understanding (New York Public Library).

Quarry

(1977), documentary on Meredith Monk’s Obie Award-winning stage production, filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (House Foundation for the Arts).

Statesville, North Carolina

(1940), town portrait by H. Lee Waters (Duke University). Play film

Tanka: An Animated Version of the Tibetan Book of the Dead

(1976), animation by David Lebrun inspired by Tibetan scrolls (Center for Visual Music).

To Lhasa and Shigatse

(1935), footage of the Vernay-Cutting expedition to Tibet (American Museum of Natural History).