Tony Buba Movies

A film which uses the device of developing Polaroid camera shots to present the highlights of a family celebration during the birthday of filmmaker...

A short film featuring images of his grandfather’s just-demolished shoe-repair shop in 1972

Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.

From implosions of steel mills after the decline of the industry to the demolition of the community hospital in Braddock, filmmaker Tony Buba...

Tony Buba trains his documentary lens on the washing of his 87-year-old grandmother’s kitchen walls, an annual ritual. While the filmmaker...

A trip inside a Steel Valley workers’ magazine, which looks like raw material for a Bruce Springsteen song.

A short documentary about Braddock

A snapshot of a pizzeria in Braddock, PA circa 1990.

A portrait of a now-shuttered barber shop in Braddock PA.

A glimpse into the economic decline of Braddock PA.

In this film, Buba struggles over whether he should make a film about a food bank, or just use the money to donate food to the bank. In the end, he...

This short tells the story of a cafe where steel workers come to eat.

A visit with family to learn how to make fresh pasta.

A year goes by during the G.W. Bush administration.

A visit with a barber in his autumn years.

Filmmaker Tony Buba charts the history and present of his hometown, Braddock, Pennsylvania

The film follows a neighborhood guy who has never been quite the same since somersaulting out of the faulty sixth-story window of some shoddy...