Amy Halpern Movies

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

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

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

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

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

A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.

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

Statement and demonstration.

Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary...

with Adnan Ibrahim "Stand up and use your ears like a man" - Charles Ives

With Nancy Halpern and Yves Marton. "Sitting home smoking cigarettes during the occupation. Very nasty and sophomoric. And beautiful." — A.H.

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...

What can I say about a private letter?

with Indigo Cohan.

Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.

A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.