Amy Halpern Movies

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

with Indigo Cohan.

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

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

Two palindromes. One resurrection. No happy ending.

Statement and demonstration.

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

with Yogi John Franzoni

A bewitching, mysterious work of enveloping beauty, the film’s ominous title and a dedication to Anne Frank deeply inform our reading of its...

What can I say about a private letter?

By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound...