David Amram

What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal and cultural battles smashed sexual and political taboos in the United States — unleashing the counter-culture of the 1960s and introducing millions of young intellectuals to the most radical currents in literature, film, theater and politics. In his late eighties, coming to terms with his life, Barney Rosset began to obsessively sculpt an autobiographical 15′ x 22′ surreal wall mural, embedded with jewel-like vignettes crafted out of found objects, each a clue to the conflicts and obsessions that drove Barney’s lifetime rebellion against authority. A cast of artists, a neurologist, and a shaman connect the clues and piece together Barney’s life.

Canada, our friendly neighbors to the North, who welcomed 27,000 refugees (just 6,000 fewer than America) in 2017 alone, despite having a tenth of the U.S. population. Many of the refugees came from Syria and Iraq, and their journeys to safety were physically and mentally taxing. To tell the story of their experience, Academy Award®-winning director Barbara Kopple uses a unique and creative setting: summer camp. Located on a small island in the Canadian wilderness, Camp Pathfinder has given boys from Canada and the U.S. a place to belong for over a century. A few years ago, its director—saddened and disturbed by what he was seeing in the news—decided to give refugees the opportunity to attend the camp. Kopple’s film chronicles their stay, beautifully capturing the bonds of new friendship. But not all the boys are able to escape the mindset of war. Through the eyes of these youngsters, NEW HOMELAND documents the highs and lows of starting over.

Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.

The story of legendary New York City disc jockey Bob Fass who pioneered free expression on the airwaves with his long running FM program 'Radio Unnameable'.

The poet and painter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, is among the world's living monuments to arts and letters. For well over a half century, Ferlinghetti helped shape the currents of poetry and literature with his forceful engagement with society and an ideological position that often found him at odds with the political currents of his day. Ferlinghetti's quiet, behind the scenes demeanor and disarming mien may have assuaged, or even fooled, certain opponents, while in reality he was a literary mercenary, a rebel at the forefront of our own cultural revolution.

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels, frequent parodies, Kerouac's death, and Ginsberg's politicization. Their movement connects with bebop, John Cage's music, abstract expressionism, and living theater. In recent interviews, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kesey, Ferlinghetti, Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Tom Hayden, Gary Snyder, Ed Sanders, and others measure the Beats' meaning and impact.

Una mañana, Eddie Anderson va a trabajar, pero, de repente, en la autopista intenta suicidarse. Al regresar del hospital, se encierra en un mutismo que sólo rompe para intentar que su mujer comprenda las razones de su malestar: trata de explicarle cómo su éxito como ejecutivo y su relación amorosa con su secretaria Gwen sólo han servido para poner de manifiesto la falsedad de su vida. A partir de ese momento, Eddie intenta cambiar, pero sus esfuerzos fracasan: vuelve a la agencia y reanuda su relación con Gwen, pero no puede evitar que su esposa lo recluya en un hospital psiquiátrico.

Una mañana, Eddie Anderson va a trabajar, pero, de repente, en la autopista intenta suicidarse. Al regresar del hospital, se encierra en un mutismo que sólo rompe para intentar que su mujer comprenda las razones de su malestar: trata de explicarle cómo su éxito como ejecutivo y su relación amorosa con su secretaria Gwen sólo han servido para poner de manifiesto la falsedad de su vida. A partir de ese momento, Eddie intenta cambiar, pero sus esfuerzos fracasan: vuelve a la agencia y reanuda su relación con Gwen, pero no puede evitar que su esposa lo recluya en un hospital psiquiátrico.

Un grupo de soldados, bajo el mando del sargento Raymond Shaw y el comandante Benett Marco, sufre una emboscada durante la guerra de Corea y es capturado por el ejército enemigo. Meses después, Shaw recibe una medalla al honor por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Por entonces, Marco comienza a sufrir terribles pesadillas relacionadas con el lavado de cerebro al que fueron sometidos durante el cautiverio en Corea.

En una localidad rural de Kansas, dos jóvenes que pertenecen a ambientes sociales muy distintos se aman y deciden no separarse jamás; pero la desaprobación de sus familias y ciertos intereses ajenos a sus sentimientos acabarán decidiendo su suerte.

Cuando un joven ciego de origen puertorriqueño es acuchillado hasta la muerte en un barrio hispano, tres chicos de una banda italo-americana son acusados del crimen. Hank Bell, el ayudante del fiscal del distrito, un hombre con ambiciones políticas, los envía a prisión. Pero, conforme avanza la investigación del caso, se da cuenta de que la trama es mucho más compleja de lo que parece. Adaptación de la novela de Evan Hunter "A Matter of Conviction". (FILMAFFINITY)

Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

The legend of Jack Hardy and the Songwriter's Exchange tell the story of Greenwhich Village folk Icon Jack Hardy, and the folk scene that he helped create. Jack's influence and his collective of songwriters produced such notable folks musicians as Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, John Gorka, Christine Lavine, Tracy Chapman and countless others. Jack's story is a fascinating tale of community and commitment to the song.