Outsider Art Movies

  • 1986
    Hasil Adkins: Rock & Roll House Party

    Hasil Adkins: Rock & Roll House Party

    Hasil Adkins: Rock & Roll House Party

    01986HD

    In 1986 Norton Records had just released Hasil Adkin's "Out To Hunch" LP so they brought him up to New York City from West Virginia to show him off...

    Hasil Adkins: Rock & Roll House Party
  • 2003
    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    Outsiders

    02003HD

    Tells the story of five Outsider musicians/artist- who never achieved the fame or fortune they craved, but never gave up trying.

    Outsiders
  • 2022
    Different Love

    Different Love

    Different Love

    02022HD

    Max Devereaux and Suko Pyramid documentary about the making of their first three albums together as a duo and the story of their inspiring,...

    Different Love
  • 2025
    A Long Hard Streak

    A Long Hard Streak

    A Long Hard Streak

    02025HD

    Billy Dean Anderson was a prolific criminal and outsider artist who lived in a Tennessee cave for almost five years while on the run from the FBI....

    A Long Hard Streak
  • 2025
    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong

    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong

    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong

    02025HD

    ‘Death Sounds a Quiet Gong’ was originally screened at Village Works (12 St. Marks Place, New York City, NY) on October 24, 2025. The...

    Death Sounds a Quiet Gong
  • 2008
    James Castle: Portrait of an Artist

    James Castle: Portrait of an Artist

    James Castle: Portrait of an Artist

    02008HD

    Deaf artist James Castle drew on his upbringing in rural Idaho as well as his profoundly silent inner world to create haunting paintings, sculptures...

    James Castle: Portrait of an Artist
  • 2025
    Lady Lemon

    Lady Lemon

    Lady Lemon

    02025HD

    A woman named Limoo, a self-taught painter who starts painting after her son's death - continuously and non-stop - wants to continue his son's...

    Lady Lemon
  • 2009
    All Rendered Truth: Folk Art in the American South

    All Rendered Truth: Folk Art in the American South

    All Rendered Truth: Folk Art in the American South

    02009HD

    A film documenting the soulful art, environments, and voices of self-taught artists on the back roads of the American South.

    All Rendered Truth: Folk Art in the American South
  • 2001
    Greenidge Meantime

    Greenidge Meantime

    Greenidge Meantime

    02001HD

    Documentary about the artist and musician Dennis Greenidge, includes interviews and performances.

    Greenidge Meantime
  • 2012
    I Dreamed I Searched for You in Heaven

    I Dreamed I Searched for You in Heaven

    I Dreamed I Searched for You in Heaven

    02012HD

    A documentary based upon the lives of outsider folk artists Ronald and Jessie Cooper. They became artists in their mid-fifties while living on...

    I Dreamed I Searched for You in Heaven