Sierra Pettengill

An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.

An all-archival excavation of the links between gun culture, the National Rifle Association, and the U.S. Border Patrol across five decades.

An all-archival excavation of the links between gun culture, the National Rifle Association, and the U.S. Border Patrol across five decades.

An oral history of Artists Space, the legendary New York artists organization. Told through the voices of the artists, critics and curators who formed it, the film is narrated by voiceover culled from 30 hours of archival cassette tape interviews over a 45 year period. Artists such as Laurie Anderson, Mike Kelley, Hito Steyerl and David Wojnarowicz walk us through the decades. A formally-experimental and raucously-told chronology composed of rare archival documentation, The Business of Thought... is a reminder of the radical potential of the arts and the importance of collective, cultural spaces.

산업 폐기물로 물이 오염되고 암 발생률이 치솟았다. 이런 참상이 일어나는 곳은 언제나 소외 계층 거주지. 어디에 사는지에 따라 건강이 결정되는 비극을 막으려 주민들이 정부에 맞선다. 캐나다 노바스코샤 지역의 투쟁을 담은 다큐멘터리.

어린이 프로그램 ‘미스터 로저스의 이웃 Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’의 사회자인 프레드 로저스의 일대기. 폭력적인 TV 프로그램이 넘쳐나는 시대에 프레드 로저스는 형형색색의 꼭두각시 인형들을 사용하여 창의적인 방법으로 공감과 수용의 메세지를 30년 넘게 전달했다. 아카이브 영상들과 더불어, 로저스와 함께 공연했던 동료들이 평생을 미디어 선교사로 살아온 그의 업적을 돌아본다.

Using over 100 years of archival footage, director Sierra Pettengill explores the history of the largest Confederate monument, Georgia’s Stone Mountain.

Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.

Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.

Made in 1977 for German public television, a rare look at Harun Farocki’s films for children. Harun Farocki's twin daughters, Lara and Anna were also shown in this documentary.

This film uses the Reagan administration's internal documentation to capture the surreal spectacle of American might at its apex.

The poetics of repetition, as embodied by a South Brooklyn motel room. An experimental film by Sierra Pettengill, with poetry by Michael C. Peterson, for the Book Motel at MoMA P.S. 1.

70년대 초, 뉴욕에서 만나 결혼하여, 40여년의 삶을 함께한 일본인 아티스트 부부 우시오와 노리코는 예술가로서 동료이자, 인생의 무게를 함께 짊어져야 할 동반자다. 한 때 팝아트계에서 주목 받던 인물이였던 남편 우시노는 알코올 중독과 예술가 특유의 강한 자기중심적 성향 때문에 아내 노리코를 늘 힘들게 하는데... (2014년 제11회 서울국제사랑영화제)

The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City killing one hundred and forty-eight young women and forever changed the relationship between labor and industry in the United States.

BAD BLOOD chronicles how a "miracle" treatment for hemophilia became an agent of death for 10,000 Americans.

This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.

Witness the rise of the right wing Tea Party movement through an intimate portrait of two local Pennsylvania leaders.