Writing on Water

A history of rock music during the 1960s, covering everything from the British Invasion that began with the Beatles to the psychedelic sound from San Francisco.

In this musical short, a man tries to woo the manager of a dance troupe.

Concerned schoolchildren sing out for clean water.

A young couple is struck with tragedy when Catalina suddenly dies of tuberculosis, leading a depressed Rosauro to commit a disturbing act. Based on the song by Julio Jaramillo.

Made with and for children; a powerful song, clay animated.

The beautiful Pacific Northwest - "it gives my mind ease!"

Concert film from The All-American Rejects an American rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma, formed in 1999.

Set to the music of NIKI's album 'Nicole', a young woman experiences the aches and elations of her first love.

During a game of catch-the-boy-and-kiss-him, Emmy, a precocious ten-year-old, kisses another little girl, Alice.

The life of two characters who follow each other beyond the walls.

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Music by Byron Westbrook, 16mm film by Paul Clipson.

Five kidnapped people are forced to rhyme with the funky rhythms of their captor, if they do not meet the high expectations they will die.

An adopted teenager on the verge of suicide finds solace, and delusions of a happy home life, in the form of a mysterious pill given to him by an angelic deity.

Ça va, ça va

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 station in New York City.

A young man with social anxiety goes out for dinner with his high school crush years after graduation.

A bittersweet look at life’s many challenges, albeit as experienced by furry, feathered, and slimy creatures who sound and feel all too human.

'Blind Bob' has written a song and the folks at the music publishing company think that Joe Frisco, his old friend from the Bowery is just right for it. So we see Joe at stage doing his peddler routine. He goes over to the publishing company, where he flirts with a girl act, and then tries out some eccentric dancing to the new song, which happens to be 'Get Happy.'

In 1986 Terri had a hit record. Still touring - same tune, same band - she longs for new material, but Paul her guitarist and boyfriend, can't see it. When teenage musician Jack can, she flees her gig on Canvey Island for a one night adventure, and finds her voice at last.