Tony Buba

Tony Buba

Birth : 1943-10-20, Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA

Profile

Tony Buba
Tony Buba

Movies

Cinetracts '20
Director
A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the zeitgeist in their own backyard, the artists' short films are the culmination of a year-long residency project.
Reflexions
Director
Braddock, PA reflected in mirrors.
Pasta Lesson: A Sunday in Rabatana
Director
A visit with family to learn how to make fresh pasta.
Making Soppressata with Dom and the Guys
Director
A look into traditional sausage making.
The Last Pawn Shop in Braddock
Director
A tour of the last remaining pawn shop in Braddock, PA.
The Barber of New Kensington
Director
A visit with a barber in his autumn years.
Welcome to Sgambati's
Director
A snapshot of a pizzeria in Braddock, PA circa 1990.
Pirozzi's Barber Shop
Director
A portrait of a now-shuttered barber shop in Braddock PA.
Ghosts of Amistad - In the Footsteps of Rebels
Director
Ghosts of Amistad by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker's The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Penguin, 2012). It chronicles a journey to Sierra Leone in 2013 to visit the home villages of the rebels who captured the slave schooner Amistad, to interview elders about local memory of the incident, and to search for the long-lost ruins of Lomboko, the slave trading factory where their cruel transatlantic voyage began. The filmmakers rely on the knowledge of villagers, fishermen, and truck drivers to recover a lost history from below in the struggle against slavery, and to explore the African origins of the heroes of the Amistad incident.
The Cot Club: Braddock Hospital
Director
A look back at Braddock's "Cot Club" and its patrons.
Director
A glimpse into the economic decline of Braddock PA.
Stigmata
Director
A tableau of a crucified man over Braddock PA.
Ode to a Steeltown
Director
Citizens of Braddock PA are asked about the poetry of their city.
Year on the Throne
Director
A year goes by during the G.W. Bush administration.
Fade Out
Director
A look at the passage of time, filmmaking, and Braddock PA.
Struggles in Steel: A History of African-American Steelworkers
Producer
This documentary focuses on the Civil Rights Movement in the heavily segregated steel industry and its equally segregated union, The United Steelworkers of America (USWA), at the time when this industry—devastated by mismanagement and global competition—began to crumble. It is a powerful picture of black working-class life in the latter part of the 20th century, told in a combination of interviews and documentary footage. Through live testimonials and revelatory archival materials, Struggles shows the contributions of African Americans to the steel industry and to the labor movement more generally. (via cinema.indiana.edu)
Struggles in Steel: A History of African-American Steelworkers
Director
This documentary focuses on the Civil Rights Movement in the heavily segregated steel industry and its equally segregated union, The United Steelworkers of America (USWA), at the time when this industry—devastated by mismanagement and global competition—began to crumble. It is a powerful picture of black working-class life in the latter part of the 20th century, told in a combination of interviews and documentary footage. Through live testimonials and revelatory archival materials, Struggles shows the contributions of African Americans to the steel industry and to the labor movement more generally. (via cinema.indiana.edu)
No Pets
Director
An honest exploration of one Pennsylvania factory worker's mundane existence, and his pursuit of a love long lost.
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
Editor
Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
Producer
Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
Director
Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
Himself
Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Birthday Party
Director
A film which uses the device of developing Polaroid camera shots to present the highlights of a family celebration during the birthday of filmmaker Tony Buba.
Birthday Party
Himself
A film which uses the device of developing Polaroid camera shots to present the highlights of a family celebration during the birthday of filmmaker Tony Buba.
Braddock Food Bank
Director
In this film, Buba struggles over whether he should make a film about a food bank, or just use the money to donate food to the bank. In the end, he leaves it up to the viewer.
Voices from a Steeltown
Director
Filmmaker Tony Buba charts the history and present of his hometown, Braddock, Pennsylvania
Peabody & Friends
Director
The film follows a neighborhood guy who has never been quite the same since somersaulting out of the faulty sixth-story window of some shoddy subsidized housing.
Peabody & Friends
Himself
The film follows a neighborhood guy who has never been quite the same since somersaulting out of the faulty sixth-story window of some shoddy subsidized housing.
The Mill Hunk Herald
Director
A trip inside a Steel Valley workers’ magazine, which looks like raw material for a Bruce Springsteen song.
The Mill Hunk Herald
Himself
A trip inside a Steel Valley workers’ magazine, which looks like raw material for a Bruce Springsteen song.
Homage to a Mill Town
Director
A short documentary about Braddock
Home Movies
Director
A compilation of Tony Buba's home movies
Washing Walls With Mrs. G
Director
Tony Buba trains his documentary lens on the washing of his 87-year-old grandmother’s kitchen walls, an annual ritual. While the filmmaker works diligently and mostly out of sight of the camera, his grandmother anchors the piece, recounting stories of her immigration from Italy in the 1940s, her first impressions of the United States, and her endearing love of Braddock.
Washing Walls With Mrs. G
Himself
Tony Buba trains his documentary lens on the washing of his 87-year-old grandmother’s kitchen walls, an annual ritual. While the filmmaker works diligently and mostly out of sight of the camera, his grandmother anchors the piece, recounting stories of her immigration from Italy in the 1940s, her first impressions of the United States, and her endearing love of Braddock.
Sweet Sal
Director
A portrait of a wiry, engaging street hustler, Sal Carulli, whose cocky patter breaks down at the end of the film, when he visits his father’s grave.
Sweet Sal
Himself
A portrait of a wiry, engaging street hustler, Sal Carulli, whose cocky patter breaks down at the end of the film, when he visits his father’s grave.
Dawn of the Dead
Sound
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Dawn of the Dead
Sound Recordist
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Dawn of the Dead
Motorcycle Raider
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Betty's Corner Cafe
Director
This short tells the story of a cafe where steel workers come to eat.
Shutdown
Director
An account of a 1975 independent truckers strike.
J. Roy: New and Used Furniture
Camera Operator
Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.
J. Roy: New and Used Furniture
Cinematography
Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.
J. Roy: New and Used Furniture
Producer
Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.
J. Roy: New and Used Furniture
Himself
Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.
J. Roy: New and Used Furniture
Director
Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.
To My Family
Director
A short film featuring images of his grandfather’s just-demolished shoe-repair shop in 1972