Amy Halpern Movies

A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.

with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concrete 6 - Doorway Occupation 7 - Sideways

In the politically charged atmosphere of the early 70s, Mikis Theodorakis conducted a concert of his music in Philadelphia. His music was banned in...

with Adnan Ibrahim "Stand up and use your ears like a man" - Charles Ives

A film by Amy Halpern

Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)

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...

An opera in the public domain. A film about duration. “I tremble for my country when I think that god is just.” (Thomas Jefferson)

A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde.

By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound...

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