D. A. Pennebaker Movies
- 1957

Daybreak Express
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Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...
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- 1981

DeLorean
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In 1973, John DeLorean was most likely going to be the next president of General Motors, when he turned his back on his $650,000 a year job and...
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- 1962

Susan Starr
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Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that...
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- 2006

Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl6.62006HD
Emmy-winning actor-comedian Robert Wuhl assumes the role of college professor in this hilarious history lesson conducted in front of an audience of...
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- 1962

Jane
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Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for...
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- 2008

The Return of the War Room
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Those who played prominent roles in Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign return to discuss how politics and the media have changed since that time.
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- 1987

Shake! Otis at Monterey
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Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival...
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- 1957

American Football
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A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado. The film was an...
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- 2007

65 Revisited
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A collection of rare outtakes and performances from Pennebaker's 1965 documentary Don't Look Back.
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- 1971

1 P.M.
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Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was...
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- 2003

World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
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With a set of drums and an 8mm color home movie camera, Mickey Jones toured the world in 1966 with Bob Dylan and The Band. He captured on film what...
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- 1977

Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
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Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every bit the good patriarch and...
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- 1968

Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
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Jean-Luc Godard visits NYU in order to discuss his latest feature "La chinoise" with graduate students on filmmaking and politics.
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- 1961

Aga Khan
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In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary...
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- 1979

Town Bloody Hall
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Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of...
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- 1971

Up Your Legs Forever
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The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.
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- 1957

Your Share in Tomorrow
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Informational film explaining the work of the New York Stock Exchange.
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- 1982

Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter5.71982HD
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
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- 1973

Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
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Keep On Rockin', aka Little Richard: Keep On Rockin' (USA video title) is a film of a 1969 Little Richard concert at the Sweet Toronto Peace...
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- 2007

Addiction
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Assembled by some of the nation's top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO's 'Addiction' campaign features insights from experts on...
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