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When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US, what she discovered was that the politics of slavery didn't end with the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the United States' original sin, The Long Shadow traces slavery's history from America's founding up through its insidious ties to racism today.
Co-Director
When filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore the continuing racial divisions in the US, what she discovered was that the politics of slavery didn't end with the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the United States' original sin, The Long Shadow traces slavery's history from America's founding up through its insidious ties to racism today.
Editor
A dangerous idea has threatened the American Dream from the beginning - the belief that some groups and individuals are inherently superior to others and more deserving of fundamental rights. Such biological determinism provided an excuse for some of America's most shameful history. And now it's back. This documentary reveals how biologically determined politics has disenfranchised women and people of color, provided a rationale for state sanctioned crimes committed against America's most vulnerable citizens, and now gains new traction under the Trump administration.
Director
Home video footage shot by Maureen Gosling during the filming of Les Blank's feature "A Poem is a Naked Person".
Self
Home video footage shot by Maureen Gosling during the filming of Les Blank's feature "A Poem is a Naked Person".
Editor
Celebrated muralist Edythe Boone uses buildings as canvases to convey her stories of pain, perseverance and hope in an effort to raise awareness about the ongoing and necessary struggles for racial justice and gender equality. The artist is at work restoring the San Francisco Women’s Building mural 'Maestrapeace" and helping middle school children and senior citizens paint their own murals.
Director
Loving, music-filled tribute to Chris Strachwitz, guiding force behind legendary roots music label Arhoolie Records. With Ry Cooder, Clifton Chenier, Richard Thompson, Flaco Jiménez and a new generation of roots musicians.
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Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to earn a living in Juneau, Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family's traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin' Fish tells the story of one man's attempt to navigate the messy zone of collision between the modern world and an ancient culture.
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A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Always for Pleasure" (1978) about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
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A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Always for Pleasure" (1978) about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Director
A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Always for Pleasure" (1978) about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Director
Blossoms of Fire is a dazzling, whirling dance of a film that celebrates the extraordinary lives of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Oaxaca, Mexico, whose strong work ethic and fierce independent streak rooted in their culture, have resulted not only in powerful women but also in the region's progressive politics and their unusual tolerance of alternative gender roles. Written by Maureen Gosling
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What happens when a dedicated husband and father quits his job, adopts the persona of a Western-Movie Singing Cowboy, takes on the entire art establishment (including Christo and Andy Warhol), and refuses to accept money for his art ? Meet Gerry Gaxiola, AKA The Maestro, an ex-wage slave who gave up everything to make art for art's sake. The Maestro's story could inspire a whole new generation of Van Goghs.
Director
Les Blank marries his passion for spicy, down home food and his love for Cajuns and Creoles in this mouth-watering, exploration of the cooking, and other enthusiasms, of French-speaking Louisiana. Features tangy music, and food by Marc Savoy, Paul Prudhomme, and other greats.
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The definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana. Includes many Cajun and Zydeco greats, featuring Michael Doucet and Beausoleil, Clifton Chenier, Marc and Ann Savoy, D.L. Menard, and many others.
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A documentary short by Les Blank about the beauty of gap teeth in women.
Editor
Oakland bluesman Sonny Rhodes sings “Cigarette Blues”: a musical warning that compares cigarette smoking with playing with a loaded gun.
Director
A joyous romp through the dance, food, music, friendship, and even religion of the Polka. The explosive energy and high spirits of the polka subculture are rendered with warmth and dedication to scholarship in this journey through Polish-American celebrations. Polka stars like Jimmy Sturr, Eddie Blazonzyck and Walt Solek are featured.
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Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.
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아마존 정글 속에 오페라 하우스를 지어 최고의 오페라 공연을 무대에 올리려 하는 열렬한 오페라광 피츠카랄도의 이야기를 그린 베르너 헤어초크의 1982년작 의 제작 과정을 담은 다큐멘터리. 헤어초크는 실제로 아마존 정글에서 무모한 로케이션 촬영을 감행했고, 주연을 맡은 클라우스 킨스키, 클라우디아 카르디날레를 비롯한 제작진은 점점 지쳐 갔다. 레스 블랭크가 헤어초크의 광기 어린 창작열에 두려움 없이 다가갔으며, 블랭크의 최고작으로 평가받고 있다.
Co-Director
아마존 정글 속에 오페라 하우스를 지어 최고의 오페라 공연을 무대에 올리려 하는 열렬한 오페라광 피츠카랄도의 이야기를 그린 베르너 헤어초크의 1982년작 의 제작 과정을 담은 다큐멘터리. 헤어초크는 실제로 아마존 정글에서 무모한 로케이션 촬영을 감행했고, 주연을 맡은 클라우스 킨스키, 클라우디아 카르디날레를 비롯한 제작진은 점점 지쳐 갔다. 레스 블랭크가 헤어초크의 광기 어린 창작열에 두려움 없이 다가갔으며, 블랭크의 최고작으로 평가받고 있다.
Editor
아마존 정글 속에 오페라 하우스를 지어 최고의 오페라 공연을 무대에 올리려 하는 열렬한 오페라광 피츠카랄도의 이야기를 그린 베르너 헤어초크의 1982년작 의 제작 과정을 담은 다큐멘터리. 헤어초크는 실제로 아마존 정글에서 무모한 로케이션 촬영을 감행했고, 주연을 맡은 클라우스 킨스키, 클라우디아 카르디날레를 비롯한 제작진은 점점 지쳐 갔다. 레스 블랭크가 헤어초크의 광기 어린 창작열에 두려움 없이 다가갔으며, 블랭크의 최고작으로 평가받고 있다.
Sound Recordist
헤어조크가 자신의 동료였던 에롤 모리스 감독에게 한 약속을 지키기 위해 정말로 구두를 먹는다. 이를테면 사람들은 자신이 먹을 수 있다고 생각하는 모든 것을 소화할 수 있는 위장을 갖고 있다는 사실을 증명하기 위해서. 이 영화의 다소 황당한 이런 행위는 헤어조크 자신이 영화촬영을 하면서 수없이 들었던 '광적이다'라는 표현에 대해 의지로서 무엇이든지 해낼 수 있다는 신념을 유머러스하게 빗대었다.
Editor
헤어조크가 자신의 동료였던 에롤 모리스 감독에게 한 약속을 지키기 위해 정말로 구두를 먹는다. 이를테면 사람들은 자신이 먹을 수 있다고 생각하는 모든 것을 소화할 수 있는 위장을 갖고 있다는 사실을 증명하기 위해서. 이 영화의 다소 황당한 이런 행위는 헤어조크 자신이 영화촬영을 하면서 수없이 들었던 '광적이다'라는 표현에 대해 의지로서 무엇이든지 해낼 수 있다는 신념을 유머러스하게 빗대었다.
Sound
Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children.
Still Photographer
Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children.
Editor
A lyrical journey through the heart of Chicano culture as reflected in the love songs of the Tex-Mex Norteña music tradition. Shipped as a bonus film on the Chulas Fronteras video.
Director
A lyrical journey through the heart of Chicano culture as reflected in the love songs of the Tex-Mex Norteña music tradition. Shipped as a bonus film on the Chulas Fronteras video.
Assistant Editor
A complex, insightful look at the Chicano experience as mirrored in the lives and music of the most acclaimed Norteño musicians of the Texas-Mexican border, including Flaco Jimenez and Lydia Mendoza. Video includes bonus feature, Del Mero Corazon.
Director
Featuring the stories and music of seminal Cajun musicians "Bois Sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, Dry Wood is a short, vibrant documentary portrait of life, food, music and festivity in the Louisiana Delta from the singular Les Blank. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
