Jay Rosenblatt Movies

  • 2008
    Four Questions for a Rabbi

    Four Questions for a Rabbi

    Four Questions for a Rabbi

    02008HD

    When Stacey Ross unexpectedly died in 2007, her friends contacted filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt to complete a project she had only just begun. The result...

    Four Questions for a Rabbi
  • 2005
    The Film Within the Film

    The Film Within the Film

    The Film Within the Film

    02005HD

    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Caveh Zahedi to make a film.

    The Film Within the Film
  • 2007
    One Minute Racist

    One Minute Racist

    One Minute Racist

    6.52007HD

    Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts...

    One Minute Racist
  • 1996
    Period Piece

    Period Piece

    Period Piece

    5.21996HD

    Period Piece is a 30 min. documentary about menarche--a girl's first menstrual period--which is a fundamental experience in every woman's life, yet...

    Period Piece
  • 2003
    I Used to Be a Filmmaker

    I Used to Be a Filmmaker

    I Used to Be a Filmmaker

    6.52003HD

    A film about fatherhood and the bond between a father and his infant daughter. The filmmaker documents the first eighteen months of the child’s...

    I Used to Be a Filmmaker
  • 2014
    The Claustrum

    The Claustrum

    The Claustrum

    72014HD

    Three women are in enclosed psychological zones that function as both refuge and jail.

    The Claustrum
  • 1970
    A Pregnant Moment

    A Pregnant Moment

    A Pregnant Moment

    01970HD

    A 'dog-u-mentary' about birth, loss and near death. The film follows three adults and a dog named Lola through Lola's pregnancy, the birth of her...

    A Pregnant Moment
  • 2011
    Way to Your Heart

    Way to Your Heart

    Way to Your Heart

    02011HD

    Found Footage Rock Video

    Way to Your Heart
  • 1991
    Short of Breath

    Short of Breath

    Short of Breath

    01991HD

    A woman is reduced to tears. She bends over backwards trying to be a good wife and mother. Her head is cut off from her heart. A doctor picks her...

    Short of Breath
  • 2004
    I Like It a Lot

    I Like It a Lot

    I Like It a Lot

    02004HD

    A two year old, an ice cream cone and a clean, white shirt.

    I Like It a Lot
  • 2000
    Restricted

    Restricted

    Restricted

    5.22000HD

    Take a chance. Don't do it. This is America. Do it.

    Restricted
  • 2014
    Trace of the future according to Jay Rosenblatt

    Trace of the future according to Jay Rosenblatt

    Trace of the future according to Jay Rosenblatt

    02014HD

    Filmmakers that were selected at Visions du Réel in the past twenty editions celebrate the Festival's anniversary by each making a short movie...

    Trace of the future according to Jay Rosenblatt
  • 2008
    Beginning Filmmaking

    Beginning Filmmaking

    Beginning Filmmaking

    02008HD

    A father takes us through one year of trying to teach a preschooler how to make a film.

    Beginning Filmmaking
  • 2001
    Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now)

    Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now)

    Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now)

    5.22001HD

    Exploring imagination, memories, dreams, or past lives of Pinky the cat.

    Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now)
  • 2002
    Prayer

    Prayer

    Prayer

    52002HD

    
Faith and fear. Duck and cover. One response to 9/11.
 Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival


    Prayer
  • 1990
    Brain in the Desert

    Brain in the Desert

    Brain in the Desert

    01990HD

    A haunting and humorous film about romantic relationships and insects.

    Brain in the Desert
  • 2017
    The Kodachrome Elegies

    The Kodachrome Elegies

    The Kodachrome Elegies

    02017HD

    The Kodachrome elegies is a short documentary about a lost film stock, the loss of innocence and the end of an era.

    The Kodachrome Elegies
  • 2015
    A long way from home

    A long way from home

    A long way from home

    02015HD

    A hand-processed celluloid invocation of Jesus’ last hours that hints at the relationship between the spirit and the flesh. Had there been...

    A long way from home
  • 2012
    Inquire Within

    Inquire Within

    Inquire Within

    62012HD

    INQUIRE WITHIN is a hypnotic, apocalyptic examination of false choices, double binds, vulnerability and faith.

    Inquire Within
  • 1970
    Friend Good

    Friend Good

    Friend Good

    01970HD

    Mary Shelley’s writing combines with Boris Karloff’s performance to re-work the myth of Frankenstein. In five minutes the...

    Friend Good