Ben Russell Movies

  • 2015
    YOLO

    YOLO

    YOLO

    02015HD

    “Filmed in the remains of Soweto’s historic Sans Souci Cinema (1948-1998), YOLO is a makeshift structuralist mash-up created in...

    YOLO
  • 2018
    The Rare Event

    The Rare Event

    The Rare Event

    52018HD

    Shot in a creaky, wooden-floored Parisian recording studio at an inaugural three-day “forum of ideas” focusing on the manifold...

    The Rare Event
  • 2017
    Good Luck

    Good Luck

    Good Luck

    5.42017HD

    A visceral non-fiction portrait of hope and sacrifice in a time of global economic turmoil, filmed between a large-scale underground mine in post-war...

    Good Luck
  • 2016
    He Who Eats Children

    He Who Eats Children

    He Who Eats Children

    7.82016HD

    A speculative portrait of a Dutchman living in the Surinamese jungle - fixing canoe motors, accused of eating the locals' children.

    He Who Eats Children
  • 2004
    Last Days

    Last Days

    Last Days

    7.52004HD

    The Valley of Fire. Oficina Chacabuco. The Calumet Industrial Corridor. From the outskirts of Vegas to the desert ghost towns of Chile - a pinhole...

    Last Days
  • 2009
    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

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    From the Maroon village of Malobi in Suriname, South America, this single-take film offers a strikingly contemporary take on a Jean Rouch classic....

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)
  • 2020
    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

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    Featuring a soundtrack melted out of a Cyndi Lauper CD, here is an(other) attempt to find a way through the everywhere fog of 2020. Filmed between...

    What Distinguishes the Past
  • 2008
    Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

    52008HD

    115 years later, a(nother) remake of the Lumiere Brothers pseudo-actuality film La Sortie des usines Lumière. This time around our factory is...

    Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)