Preserved Film Movies

Curt McDowell relates an idea for a film to Ted Davis. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

"Treefall" was originally made for a dance performance at the Vancouver Art Gallery, April, 1970. Structured in the form of two loops of...

In Loving (1957), a couple make love in the sun and their optic system flares -- it's really the nervous system's ecstasy -- in oranges and yellows...

A documentary/recruitment film originally intended for showings outside the United States to promote careers in public health and American methods in...

Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. ...

A collage of human-created worldly surfaces - sidewalks, streets, storefronts - that evoke subtle and mysterious noises. "Chromesthesia" is a...

‘A beautiful, mysterious yet satisfying optical illusion…celebrates the early passing of a steam on the Thames. Using freeze-frame...

One of the most profound themes coursing throughout Sonbert's work is that of love between couples in all its pitfalls and perfect moments. To...

One-time carny, bartender, and married 10 times, director Penelope Spheeris’ mother was an uncommon woman. In this sweet, funny, and moving...

A portrait of three Los Angeles area residents who create things with their hands. Angelo Austin decorates wedding cakes; Dean Jeffries designs,...

Mountain Music illustrates what happens when technology gets too advanced too soon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Aztec romance and the dream of love. The anthropologist’s most human desire, the ultimate contact with the informant. The denial of...

Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

“Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron) is less a depiction of 'reality' than an exploration of the implications of the mediation of...

Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

A static close-up of a clock. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

[1970/2003, color, 7.5 min] Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Once crowned "The Princess of Black Poetry," the prolific and political Nikki Giovanni has become one of America's most popular poets. The film...

The hand-painting of this film is interrupted by, and interspersed with, a geometrically structured Mask of Death (one of those frightening human...

An unfinished archival short, in which the titular substance plays a key role in determining an outmoded man’s role in a changing society. ...