Amy Halpern Filmes

  • 2020
    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window

    02020HD

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

    Birds in the Window
  • 2008
    Shooting Women

    Shooting Women

    Shooting Women

    02008HD

    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
  • 2007
    Women Behind the Camera

    Women Behind the Camera

    Women Behind the Camera

    72007HD

    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
  • 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    7.32002HD

    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
  • 1982
    Grey Area

    Grey Area

    Grey Area

    71982HD

    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
    Hula

    Hula

    Hula

    82022HD

    Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

    Hula
  • 2022
    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    42022HD

    Statement and demonstration.

    Emit a Beam, See a Light
  • 2013
    Elixir

    Elixir

    Elixir

    6.52013HD

    Following Gage-like skull trauma, a woman’s body unravels in dissolving textures and neuronal visions.

    Elixir
  • 2021
    Ma Sewing

    Ma Sewing

    Ma Sewing

    02021HD

    My mother, now 94. Filmed more than 30 years ago. (Amy Halpern)

    Ma Sewing
  • 2012
    Palm Down

    Palm Down

    Palm Down

    62012HD

    Two palindromes. One resurrection. No happy ending.

    Palm Down
  • 2020
    #27

    #27

    #27

    6.52020HD

    #27
  • 1982
    Invocation

    Invocation

    Invocation

    51982HD

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

    Invocation
  • 2016
    Newt Pauses

    Newt Pauses

    Newt Pauses

    02016HD

    Newt Pauses
  • 1976
    Plausible Light Source

    Plausible Light Source

    Plausible Light Source

    01976HD

    Plausible Light Source
  • 1973
    Peach Landscape

    Peach Landscape

    Peach Landscape

    01973HD

    Illusions of surface, abstract to pictorial. Initially the grain of the film emulsion, complete with scratches, variations in framing – the...

    Peach Landscape
  • 2023
    Slow Fireworks

    Slow Fireworks

    Slow Fireworks

    02023HD

    Slow Fireworks
  • 2022
    Ginko Yellow

    Ginko Yellow

    Ginko Yellow

    62022HD

    with Indigo Cohan.

    Ginko Yellow
  • 2020
    Jane, Looking

    Jane, Looking

    Jane, Looking

    62020HD

    A portrait of Jane Wodening (Brakhage). “A person who was the subject of the camera for many years looks back at us with an interrogating...

    Jane, Looking
  • 2012
    Cheshire Smile

    Cheshire Smile

    Cheshire Smile

    82012HD

    with Adnan Ibrahim "Stand up and use your ears like a man" - Charles Ives

    Cheshire Smile
  • 1977
    Self-Portrait As A City

    Self-Portrait As A City

    Self-Portrait As A City

    01977HD

    Self-Portrait As A City