The Day the Earth Got Free Richard Pryor Photos (2024)

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Shot on 16mm film in New York and composed in Berlin, the work explores polarizing themes of the metropolis. Audibly and visually, the viewer is put in a flicker between serenity and intensity; harrowing ambience cut with sharp beeps, vulnerable steps mashed in high velocity.

Friend of the World

After a catastrophic global war, a young filmmaker awakens in the carnage and seeks refuge in the only other survivor: an eccentric, ideologically opposed figure of the United States military. Together, they brave the toxic landscape in search of safety... and answers.

Englouties

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WAR TIMES

An exploration of two souls inhabiting bodies from 1940's Hungary, and the beginning of the digital age.

Quantum Cowboys

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in the wind and lets you be free. Lively tunes and witty narration accompany a quick-paced inventory of relaxers, gels, and curlers. This short film has become essential for discussions of racism, African American cinema, and empowerment.

Tree

Structural study of a tree. Light, water and air coax it out of the soil in a manner foregrounding time’s relativity to different forms of life on Earth. Made the day my brother got his fork-lift license.

DRIFT

DRIFT is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. DRIFT is an immersive sonic/visual environment consisting of music, sounds and texts by Ranaldo in response to two 16mm analytical film projectors performed in real time by Singer. Much as a DJ scratches a vinyl record, Singer manipulates her films in a live improvisation with Ranaldo's guitar, poetry and soundscapes.

The Consortium

In a building where silence and order usually prevail, Estela tries to sleep, unable to doze off due to the passionate nights of her young neighbors. Tired of their disrespect, she calls for a consortium meeting to decide the couple's new fate.

MER

A paralyzed girl finds difficulty living a normal life, so she participates in a ritual to metamorphize into a mermaid to replace her useless lower half.

The Kills

A belligerent hitwoman navigates a world of cutthroat killers as she attempts to get the money together in order to escape to Mexico and open a bar.

Opulence

Amidst the realm of her parents' upscale nightclub, a young woman embarks on a surreal odyssey to confront her identity, only to find herself inescapably mirroring her father.

Snowfall

As a winter storm approaches the shallow water crystallizes, ice builds up along the edges of a stream, and the first snowflakes of the storm layer over the newly formed ice. The following morning a soft light approaches through the snow covered forest.

Trengellick Rising

Sentenced for a crime without trial, Private Gerren Pascoe is sent to a remote outpost to report on the movements of enemy ships. Isolated with only a surly and unhinged superior for company, the men descend into a maelstrom of chaos, debauchery and fear. The lines between right and wrong soon become blurred - as does the reality of why they're really there.

Now and in the time of our death

Observing all the world in a flower; an ecstatic study of colour, a hum of petals opening, a cacophony of bells and saintly icons. ‘Ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte’ is a hymn to the universal found in the minutiae of nature

Brain Fart

A boy and his father discover a farting lamp, an evil farting lamp.

The Hourglass Sanatorium

Josef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Josef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his memories, dreams and nightmares.

Big Take

While on the run, two criminals accidentally pick the same hiding spot and eavesdrop on their pursuers.

Summer Meadow

A close look at flowers and pollinators on a sunny summer morning.

Two Trees

In the early 1900s commercial loggers cut down an old growth spruce tree growing on a small island surrounded by tide pools on the coast of Maine. Out of the trunk of this ancient tree grew two new trees, side by side.

A World of Dew

Morning dew in summer fields and meadows.

The Forest and The Sea

A short film featuring a coastal forest and the rocky coastline of downeast Maine.

Starlight

A golden sunrise brings light to the foggy hills and meadows of late summer.

The Seashore

A study of the seashore in mid-coast Maine.

Autumn Evening

As the day comes to an end deer graze on a hillside, wild turkeys pass through a grassy field, and the full moon rises.

Watusi Zombie!

Set in Kochi right before the pandemic, micro-celebrity and boy genius Gabriel finds himself in the midst of an ugly rumor as he deals with small people with big city ideas.

Small Mountains

A slug climbs small mountains at the peak of Mount Greylock (3,489 ft).

Trembling Eyes

Juliano is a young artist who lives a happy life with his boyfriend, Nuno, a 65-year-old man, until his relationship is shaken by the discovery that his partner has a degenerative disease.

Symphonie Fantastique

A lone wind ensemble musician photographs an ongoing performance as she's suddenly joined by a past lover.

Bach and the Gap Year Program

This documentary follows a group of filmmakers on a journey to capture the unique experiences of the Enlightenment Academy's gap year program in Sudbury, Ontario. The project was initiated by Bach Van Dyke, a self-proclaimed world-famous actor, director, producer, and model, who enlisted the help of a small team to bring his vision to life. Despite Van Dyke's larger-than-life persona, the documentary offers a more grounded perspective on the program and its participants. Viewers can expect to encounter a colorful cast of characters, including Dr. Raymond Cism, a social media-savvy health doctor, and the program's students, Sheen, Jake, and Butch.

Panchos

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Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)

A man and a woman in Lagos want to escape their everyday lives, but extricating themselves is no easy task. Two stories narrated with tenderness and restraint that only fleetingly touch, the dream of migrating to Europe floating above them all the while.

Heartbreakers Beach Party

In 2024, the long-thought lost 16mm reels of Tom Petty in Cameron Crowe’s first film, “Heartbreakers Beach Party”, were finally found. The classic ‘80s documentary captures Tom Petty and the band in 1982-1983 as they finish, promote, and tour around the “Long After Dark” album (their final with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine). After its initial airing on MTV in 1983, the film was deemed too experimental and abruptly pulled from the air. In the more than 40 years since, it has become folklore to fans, musicians and within the entertainment industry — even credited with inspiring scenes in Spinal Tap.