Preserved Film Movies

What goes in to the phrase, "Let's go to the movies"? An off-screen narrator takes us back to the earliest days of film: clips remind us of early...

Two brothers are stood up and lament through song. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

Shut Up... I'm Crying is a 1970 English language short film directed by Robert Siegler, starring Sal Catena, Kevin Michael and Carolyn Schultz. The...

Regrettably, the labour of projectionists is usually only considered by the audience when they ‘screw up’. This film offers an...

This film, photographed and edited by Les Blank, produced and directed by Pieter Van Deusen, documents a spontaneously improvised concert by musician...

No montage, no human subjects, minimal visual content, and the artists basically pissing on the fourth wall by calling attention in every way...

A behind-the-scenes look at the responsibilities of the cinematographer. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

One of the most shocking documentary films ever made. A young anti-war American, to avoid the draft, calmly aims a rifle at his foot and shoots. For...

Oscar nominated short film from 1989. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Nelson sets minimal, repetitive imagery against a looping recording of his daughter Oona, which goes gradually from sweet to curious to mysterious to...

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

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

A documentary on the Wilmington 10, 9 afro-Americans and 1 white woman who were unjustly imprisoned. 4K digital restoration by the Academy Film...

"Muscle Beach is a fascinating location for people-watching in the L.A. area, and in 1963, the strangeness of its sights was much more pronounced...

"nodus knot, node - more at NET) ... 4a: a point at which subsidiary parts originate or center ... 5: a point, line, or surface of a vibrating body...

Odds & Ends is a sly comment on the collage film and Beat culture. To discarded travel and advertising footage found at a local film laboratory,...

Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

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

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