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Showing 1 - 10 of 105 titles with a criteria of Subject is Performing Arts
Acting Blind
Takes audiences behind the scenes as a company of non-professional actors rehearse a play about life without sight. The performers have no problem imagining themselves in these roles: they are blind themselves.
The Fanlight Collection | 2006 | 52 minutes
Advertising Missionaries
Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Icarus Films | 1996 | 52 minutes
The Amazing Amy
Using humor and a love of fantasy, "The Amazing Amy" Harlib connects with audiences through performing strenuous yoga-based contortion acts in New York City. But behind the showmanship lives an incredibly lonely human being.
MediaStorm | 2011 | 13 minutes
Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow
The film chronicles the work of the English poet and spoken word-artist Anne Clark. Shaped by punk she pioneered electronic music with her pre-techno classics "Sleeper In Metropolis" and "Our Darkness" and hugely impacted generations of musicians.
Deckert Distribution | 2017 | 81 minutes
Anonymous Artists of America
The psychedelic rock collective Anonymous Artists of America holds a performance at the University of Chicago.
Kartemquin Films | 1970 | 9 minutes
An Apollo Legend
One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.
MediaStorm | 2008 | 18 minutes
Beethoven's Hair
Traces the journey of a lock of Beethoven's hair, culminating in the scientific analysis that reveals Beethoven's medical secret.
Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 84 minutes
Burnt Toast
Eight comedic mini-operas, each depicting a different stage of a romantic relationship.
Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 52 minutes
Carface (Autos Portraits)
A biting animated satire of our Big Oil-based civilization.
Natl Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 5 minutes
Circuit Earth
Shot throughout Philadelphia during the first Earth Week in 1970, the film features community groups, citizens and celebrities reflecting on the crisis facing the planet.
Bullfrog Films | 1971 | 43 minutes