Amy Halpern Movies

Two palindromes. One resurrection. No happy ending.

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

A rhythmic montage of almost 200 faces, human and animals, that Halpern pans vertically, creating a cascade of visages suggesting that while...

My mother, now 94. Filmed more than 30 years ago. (Amy Halpern)

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

Illusions of surface, abstract to pictorial. Initially the grain of the film emulsion, complete with scratches, variations in framing – the...

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...

1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water.

Literally, a glance. A dedication; my emissary. –A. C. H.

Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene.

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

with Indigo Cohan.

What can I say about a private letter?

In three parts: Statice/frameline; Drops; The Cannonball Section. Unpopulated (except for the cheap ending on the Cannonball Section). (Previously...