Movies: Amy Halpern

  • 2022
    Hula

    Hula (2022)

    Hula

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    Abstract music notation and something very obvious....

    Hula
  • 2007
    Women Behind the Camera

    Women Behind the Camera (2007)

    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 been seen before. Based on a book by Alexis Krasilovsky, the film tells the stories of camerawomen survivi...

    Women Behind the Camera
  • 1982
    Grey Area

    Grey Area (1982)

    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 1980s Buppie efforts to use white-owned platforms (banks, media) to uplift the community....

    Grey Area
  • 2022
    Chabrot

    Chabrot (2022)

    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 his films: “Faire chabrot or faire chabròl is an ancient Occitanian custom whereby at the end of a or broth, one adds...

    Chabrot
  • 2008
    Shooting Women

    Shooting Women (2008)

    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 generation of camerawomen's visions....

    Shooting Women
  • 1979
    Pythoness

    Pythoness (1979)

    Pythoness

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    Pythoness
  • 2000
    Access to the View

    Access to the View (2000)

    Access to the View

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    with Yogi John Franzoni...

    Access to the View
  • 2022
    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    Emit a Beam, See a Light (2022)

    Emit a Beam, See a Light

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    Statement and demonstration....

    Emit a Beam, See a Light
  • 1979
    Soft Fiction

    Soft Fiction (1979)

    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 approach with a sensuous lyrical expressionism. Strand focuses her camera on people talking about the...

    Soft Fiction
  • 2012
    Palm Down

    Palm Down (2012)

    Palm Down

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    Two palindromes. One resurrection. No happy ending....

    Palm Down
  • 2017
    The Deer's Blessing

    The Deer's Blessing (2017)

    The Deer's Blessing

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    The Deer's Blessing
  • 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction (2002)

    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 movie follows various mysterious characters as they move through the haunted halls of the hotel, exploring alo...

    The Decay of Fiction
  • 2012
    Three Minute Hells

    Three Minute Hells (2012)

    Three Minute Hells

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    with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concrete 6 - Doorway Occupation 7 - Sideways...

    Three Minute Hells
  • 2020
    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)

    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2) (2020)

    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)

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    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)
  • 2021
    Fire Belly

    Fire Belly (2021)

    Fire Belly

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    Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness. And they cannot be resurrected after burning. (Amy Halpern)...

    Fire Belly
  • 1992
    Falling Lessons

    Falling Lessons (1992)

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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 individuals express a range of emotions they remain ultimately enigmas....

    Falling Lessons
  • 2020
    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window (2020)

    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
  • 2013
    Elixir

    Elixir (2013)

    Elixir

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    With Asha Wilson and Joyce Campbell....

    Elixir
  • 2012
    Injury On A Theme

    Injury On A Theme (2012)

    Injury On A Theme

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    A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde....

    Injury On A Theme
  • 1981
    Cuticle Torture

    Cuticle Torture (1981)

    Cuticle Torture

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    1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water....

    Cuticle Torture