Movies

  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    71997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2021
    A (possible) trip around the world in super 8

    A (possible) trip around the world in super 8

    A (possible) trip around the world in super 8

    02021HD

    A brief documentary focused on the history of experimental Super 8mm filmmaking. Prominent figures of the "s8" boom of the 1970s discuss their work...

    A (possible) trip around the world in super 8
  • 1991
    Departure

    Departure

    Departure

    01991HD

    DEPARTURE is a film that was shot in 1976-77 during a year when I lost my job due to both cutbacks at the campus at which I taught and my involvement...

    Departure
  • 1974
    Cartoons: Before the Fact

    Cartoons: Before the Fact

    Cartoons: Before the Fact

    101974HD

    Made at S.U.N.Y. at Binghamton as a class exercise, filmmaker Saul Levine performs with students who each try to mimic his previously recorded phrase...

    Cartoons: Before the Fact
  • 1971
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01971HD

    A portrait: of Saul Levine, filmmaker and one-time Italian Ice Vendor./of the film surface & depth/so by the choice of image./ of the inside &...

    Untitled
  • 1988
    Submission

    Submission

    Submission

    01988HD

    A confrontational rant addressed to the judges of the films entered in a Super 8 competition at No Exit. Both Mark and I were surprised when not only...

    Submission
  • 1996
    Rolls and Stumbles with Cherries in the Middle

    Rolls and Stumbles with Cherries in the Middle

    Rolls and Stumbles with Cherries in the Middle

    01996HD

    Impersonations for the camera by Alison Tsoi, Nina Fonoroff, and Saul Levine. Additional camera by Silvia Gruner. (For Pelle Lowe and Luther Price)

    Rolls and Stumbles with Cherries in the Middle
  • 1984
    Shmateh III

    Shmateh III

    Shmateh III

    01984HD

    A portrait of Picasso young and old, sung by the wind.

    Shmateh III
  • 2014
    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump

    02014HD

    Light Licks: Pardes: Drowned Hat Rescue Media City Motown Jump
  • 1975
    Film Notebook: Part 1 (For Saul)

    Film Notebook: Part 1 (For Saul)

    Film Notebook: Part 1 (For Saul)

    01975HD

    "A journal of change in pattern of living and seeing as determined by an often misfunctioning but faithful camera."-M.K

    Film Notebook: Part 1 (For Saul)
  • 1969
    Lost Note

    Lost Note

    Lost Note

    01969HD

    Saul Levine began Lost Note as a love poem to his wife but before he finished the film everything had changed. This film is all that was left –...

    Lost Note
  • 1993
    Crescent

    Crescent

    Crescent

    01993HD

    A conversation with Pelle Lowe.

    Crescent
  • 2001
    Dream Story

    Dream Story

    Dream Story

    02001HD

    A short video in which Levine, facing a crescent moon, remembers Marjorie Keller telling a dream she had with her female friend, also a film...

    Dream Story
  • 1969
    Star Film

    Star Film

    Star Film

    01969HD

    STAR FILM stars a hand-made emulsion.

    Star Film
  • 1989
    Preview

    Preview

    Preview

    01989HD

    Preview
  • 1973
    Hell No, No Cuts

    Hell No, No Cuts

    Hell No, No Cuts

    01973HD

    A film made by Marjorie Keller that document a successful struggle against welfare cuts by welfare clients, workers, and their allies.

    Hell No, No Cuts
  • 1971
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01971HD

    A portrait: of Saul Levine, filmmaker and one-time Italian Ice Vendor./of the film surface & depth/so by the choice of image./ of the inside &...

    Untitled
  • 1967
    Tear/Or

    Tear/Or

    Tear/Or

    01967HD

    "Seeing at a distance through the burning silk may the violence grow between their eyes in heaven." – Erik Kiviat

    Tear/Or
  • 1992
    Ready-Made

    Ready-Made

    Ready-Made

    01992HD

    A film made by Pelle Lowe and myself, Ready-Made is a single work in itself, and also exists as part of a series of works that Pelle and I made...

    Ready-Made
  • 1991
    Photo Note

    Photo Note

    Photo Note

    01991HD

    Seeing photographers Barbara Bosworth, Laura McPhee, and DeCarava. Conversation after 1991 Mass. Art graduate Mark Lapore at the end of the session...

    Photo Note