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Amy Halpern was the maker of nearly forty short films, almost all in 16mm, and of the feature film FALLING LESSONS (1991). Halpern was born and raised in New York City and lived and worked in Los Angeles for more than 40 years. After completing a suite of 12 new films in June 2022 and premiering them at a festival in Spain, Halpern suddenly contracted severe leukaemia (AML) and died 6 weeks later.
Total trailers found: 51
01 June 1982
The dilapidated former house/headquarters of South Central LA's Black Panthers is at the center of a clash between radical ideals of the past, and 1980s Buppie efforts to use white-owned platforms (banks, media) to uplift the community.
16 November 1979
Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality.
01 January 2012
with Adnan Ibrahim "Stand up and use your ears like a man" - Charles Ives
04 June 2022
A private toast. Inspired by a random encounter with this Wikipedia entry, while looking up “Chabrol, Claude” for a full listing of his films: “Faire chabrot or faire chabròl is an ancient Occitanian custom whereby at the end of a or broth, one adds red wine to the bowl to dilute the remnants and brings it to the lips to drink in big gulps.
01 January 2012
A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde.
01 January 1982
Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.
01 January 1972
In three parts: Statice/frameline; Drops; The Cannonball Section. Unpopulated (except for the cheap ending on the Cannonball Section).
01 January 2012
with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concres
01 January 1973
Illusions of surface, abstract to pictorial. Initially the grain of the film emulsion, complete with scratches, variations in framing – the meat of film – are the most apparent elements of all.
01 January 1975
In the politically charged atmosphere of the early 70s, Mikis Theodorakis conducted a concert of his music in Philadelphia.
03 June 2022
An opera in the public domain. A film about duration. “I tremble for my country when I think that god is just.
04 June 2022
Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene.
05 October 2008
Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new generation of camerawomen's visions.
01 January 2012
By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound tracks on film, and not meant to be projected.
01 January 1981
1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water.
16 November 1979
A bewitching, mysterious work of enveloping beauty, the film’s ominous title and a dedication to Anne Frank deeply inform our reading of its haunting subtext.
01 January 2021
Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness.
15 August 2007
Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never been seen before.
01 January 2020
A portrait of Jane Wodening (Brakhage). “A person who was the subject of the camera for many years looks back at us with an interrogating stare.
01 January 2020
Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves.
01 January 1991
My mother, now 94. Filmed more than 30 years ago. (Amy Halpern)
04 June 2022
A horizon like a blade. Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.
12 October 2002
The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles serves as the backdrop of Pat O’Neill’s artfully-crafted film.
15 July 1980
A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.
01 December 2020
“Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”
24 May 2013
Following Gage-like skull trauma, a woman’s body unravels in dissolving textures and neuronal visions.
01 January 1978
With Nancy Halpern and Yves Marton. "Sitting home smoking cigarettes during the occupation. Very nasty and sophomoric.
10 June 1992
A rhythmic montage of almost 200 faces, human and animals, that Halpern pans vertically, creating a cascade of visages suggesting that while individuals express a range of emotions they remain ultimately enigmas.
