Donigan Cumming Trailers

Erratic Angel Trailer (1998)

27 December 1998

Are erratic angels fallen angels? When we meet forty-eight-year-old Colin, the main character of the film, he is walking under the flyover of a motorway.

Cut the Parrot Trailer (1996)

27 December 1996

In his first film, A Prayer for Nettie, Donigan Cumming had placed Albert at the heart of the posthumous tribute to Nettie, his former model.

My Dinner with Weegee Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Marty, the central character, remembers his time in New York as a young Catholic trade-union leader and peace activist, and his friendship with Weegee and James Agee.

Culture Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

In his signature photographic style, Donigan Cumming eulogizes a dying friend through his exploration of “culture” in all its manifestations: 1.

After Brenda Trailer (1997)

27 December 1997

An alcoholic and potbellied fifty-year old, Pierre Lamarche has lost everything: accused of rape by Brenda, the woman he loves, he finds himself in the street after a spell in prison.

Karaoke Trailer (1998)

27 December 1998

Donigan Cumming calls Karaoke a "moving still". In fact, the motion in the three-minute shot that this film consists of almost comes to a halt.

If only I Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Too Many Things Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Obsession, fascination and confusion in a world of objects that refuse to disappear.

A Prayer for Nettie Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A Prayer For Nettie dramatizes the death of an elderly woman who was Cumming’s photographic model from 1982 to 1993, presenting an improvised series of prayers and memorials for Nettie Harris by people who knew her, and some who did not.

Locke's Way Trailer (2003)

25 January 2003

In one breath and, because he walks fast from one room to another, breathlessly, he tells a life story in an occasionally hesitant tone.