Amy Halpern Movies

  • 2007
    Women Behind the Camera

    Women Behind the Camera

    Women Behind the Camera

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    Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never...

    Women Behind the Camera
  • 1972
    A Glance

    A Glance

    A Glance

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    Literally, a glance. A dedication; my emissary. –A. C. H.

    A Glance
  • 1992
    Falling Lessons

    Falling Lessons

    Falling Lessons

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    A rhythmic montage of almost 200 faces, human and animals, that Halpern pans vertically, creating a cascade of visages suggesting that while...

    Falling Lessons
  • 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

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    The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles serves as the backdrop of Pat O’Neill’s artfully-crafted film. Shot in the classic Hollywood style,...

    The Decay of Fiction
  • 2022
    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    Emit a Beam, See a Light

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    Statement and demonstration.

    Emit a Beam, See a Light
  • 2022
    Hula

    Hula

    Hula

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    Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

    Hula
  • 2022
    Chabrot

    Chabrot

    Chabrot

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    A private toast. Inspired by a random encounter with this Wikipedia entry, while looking up “Chabrol, Claude” for a full listing of...

    Chabrot
  • 2023
    Slow Fireworks

    Slow Fireworks

    Slow Fireworks

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    Slow Fireworks
  • 1979
    Soft Fiction

    Soft Fiction

    Soft Fiction

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    Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary...

    Soft Fiction
  • 1982
    Invocation

    Invocation

    Invocation

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    Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.

    Invocation
  • 1982
    Grey Area

    Grey Area

    Grey Area

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    The dilapidated former house/headquarters of South Central LA's Black Panthers is at the center of a clash between radical ideals of the past, and...

    Grey Area
  • 2022
    Ginko Yellow

    Ginko Yellow

    Ginko Yellow

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    with Indigo Cohan.

    Ginko Yellow
  • 2012
    Palm Down

    Palm Down

    Palm Down

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    Two palindromes. One resurrection. No happy ending.

    Palm Down
  • 2000
    Access to the View

    Access to the View

    Access to the View

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    with Yogi John Franzoni

    Access to the View
  • 2020
    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window

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    “Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”

    Birds in the Window
  • 2022
    Fire Belly

    Fire Belly

    Fire Belly

    02022HD

    Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness. And...

    Fire Belly
  • 2018
    Vezelay Curtain

    Vezelay Curtain

    Vezelay Curtain

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    Vezelay Curtain
  • 2013
    Elixir

    Elixir

    Elixir

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    With Asha Wilson and Joyce Campbell.

    Elixir
  • 2008
    Shooting Women

    Shooting Women

    Shooting Women

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    Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new...

    Shooting Women
  • 2023
    Newt Leaders

    Newt Leaders

    Newt Leaders

    02023HD

    Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)

    Newt Leaders