Nathaniel Dorsky Movies

  • 1976
    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

    4.4861976HD

    There's shakin', quakin' and plenty of booty to be enjoyed when the perky gals from Aloha High School shimmy their groove things in this red-hot...

    Revenge of the Cheerleaders
  • 1986
    What Happened to Kerouac?

    What Happened to Kerouac?

    What Happened to Kerouac?

    5.71986HD

    An investigation of the king of the Beat Generation.

    What Happened to Kerouac?
  • 2021
    Terce

    Terce

    Terce

    02021HD

    Terce is the sixth film made during the Covid crises… the yellow greens of spring at last… the beginning of a greater relaxation.

    Terce
  • 1995
    Black Sheep Boy

    Black Sheep Boy

    Black Sheep Boy

    6.21995HD

    The psychological and emotional motivations of gay sexual fetish, especially relating to gay male teens maturing into men and their sexual exploits.

    Black Sheep Boy
  • 2004
    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    62004HD

    From the moment David Brower first laid eyes on the beauty of the Yosemite Valley, he wanted to the fight to preserve the American wilderness for...

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
  • 1999
    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey

    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey

    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey

    01999HD

    This award-winning PBS documentary sweeps viewers into a seafaring adventure with a community of Polynesians, as they build traditional sailing...

    Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
  • 1989
    Rembrandt Laughing

    Rembrandt Laughing

    Rembrandt Laughing

    4.71989HD

    This film is a portrait of the passage of one year in the lives of some San Francisco friends, circa 1988 (before the dot.coming of the city), a slow...

    Rembrandt Laughing
  • 1977
    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    4.81977HD

    More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged...

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
  • 2018
    Monody

    Monody

    Monody

    02018HD

    A monody is an ode sung by a single actor in a Greek tragedy, a poem lamenting a person’s death. In this case, the sixth section of the...

    Monody
  • 2020
    William

    William

    William

    02020HD

    William Brown, the son of my dear friend, Owsley Brown, is majoring in acting at the University of Southern California. During the lock down we...

    William
  • 1996
    Triste

    Triste

    Triste

    01996HD

    Triste is an indication of the level of cinema language that I have been working towards. By delicately shifting the weight and solidity of the...

    Triste
  • 2016
    Death of a Poet

    Death of a Poet

    Death of a Poet

    02016HD

    A document from the weeks that Stan Brakhage was dying of bladder cancer. Dominic Angerame, then head of Canyon Cinema, and I went up to Victoria,...

    Death of a Poet
  • 2011
    The Return

    The Return

    The Return

    72011HD

    Like a memory already gone, this place of life.

    The Return
  • 1982
    Hours for Jerome

    Hours for Jerome

    Hours for Jerome

    7.751982HD

    The recording of the daily events of Dorsky and his partner, artist Jerome Hiler, around Lake Owassa in New Jersey and in Manhattan. The two parts of...

    Hours for Jerome
  • 2022
    Interval

    Interval

    Interval

    02022HD

    A bouquet from those final arid days of summer.

    Interval
  • 2011
    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky

    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky

    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky

    02011HD

    During a tour with my films in Spain last spring, I had the pleasure of being honoured with the attention of three young people who offered me the...

    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky
  • 1987
    17 Reasons Why

    17 Reasons Why

    17 Reasons Why

    01987HD

    17 Reasons Why was photographed with a variety of semi-ancient regular 8 cameras and is projected unslit as 16mm. The four image format gives a look...

    17 Reasons Why
  • 2006
    Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2)

    Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2)

    Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2)

    02006HD

    All the Kodachrome footage chosen to be worked with to make the film Song and Solitude during years 2005 and 2006. During that period I still had the...

    Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 2)
  • 1970
    Library

    Library

    Library

    01970HD

    Initially titled "Books for all". A moving institutional commission in which the filmmakers lovingly portray New Jersey's public library system.

    Library
  • 2017
    Elohim

    Elohim

    Elohim

    02017HD

    Light in the gardens of the San Francisco Arboretum, photographed in early spring. Elohim are divine beings, the energy of light as creation.

    Elohim