Kelly Gallagher

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Kelly Gallagher is an experimental filmmaker and animator interested in the radical possibilities of animation and essayistic filmmaking. Her films and research explore the power of animation in visualizing stories of resistance. Her films have screened internationally at venues including: Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Experiments in Cinema, London ICA Artists’ Biennial, Traverse City Film Festival, Alternative Film/Video Festival Belgrade, and New York's Anthology Film Archives. She is the recipient of the Helen Hill Award from Indie Grits and the Audience Award from Brazil's Fronteira Film Festival. Kelly resides in Ohio where she’s Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Antioch College. 

Most Popular Kelly Gallagher Trailers

Total trailers found: 26

Extraction Trailer (2020)

23 April 2020

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son.

The Herstory of the Female Filmmaker Trailer (2010)

15 November 2010

An eccentric, animated documentary on the 'herstory' of some of motion picture's greatest (and often overlooked) contributors.

A Spot for Frog Trailer (2022)

01 June 2022

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch.

Body Parts Trailer (2022)

12 June 2022

An eye-opening investigation into the making of Hollywood sex scenes, shedding light on the real-life experiences behind classic scenes of cinema and tracing the legacy of exploitation of women in the entertainment industry.

In the Future Trailer (2021)

01 May 2021

Knowing that another world is possible, individuals young and old share their hopes and dreams for the future.

Cinetracts '20 Trailer (2020)

08 October 2020

A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers.

The Blues Society Trailer (2023)

29 October 2023

In the segregated Memphis of the 1960s, blues masters and beatniks created a music festival that rocked the foundations of a conservative world.

CINEMA-19 Trailer (2020)

19 August 2020

A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.

Pen Up the Pigs Trailer (2014)

01 January 2014

'Pen Up the Pigs' is a handcrafted collage animation that explores connections between slavery and present day institutionalized racism and mass incarceration.

From Ally To Accomplice Trailer (2015)

02 July 2015

"To-day at last we know: John Brown was right." -W.E.B. Du Bois. This film is an experimental essay in three movements that explores the importance of being more than an "ally" in struggle, by sharing histories of committed accomplices John Brown, Marilyn Buck, and others.

More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters Trailer (2016)

27 September 2016

A colorful experimental animated documentary exploring the powerful and inspiring life of revolutionary Lucy Parsons.

Ben & Fred, October 2020 Trailer (2021)

01 January 2021

At the end of 2020 I drove from Denver, Colorado to Philadelphia, PA with my father Ben. As we drove east, tracing a path that reversed the historical trajectory of westward expansion, we spoke about decolonization, climate change, and what we imagined might be next for our world.

Do You Want to Go for a Drive? Trailer (2016)

30 September 2016

An experimental essay film illustrating the importance of consent and exploring sexual agency, love, pleasure, mutual desire, violence, and vengeance.

Ceallaigh at Kilmainham Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

A 16mm collaged and handcrafted personal essay short film that serves as an exploration of land, roots, and the struggle and strength of the persevering women who came before me.

Pine and Genesee Trailer (2021)

11 November 2021

A short experimental documentary about the site of a former stop on the Underground Railroad, the erasure of history, and what we owe those who came and struggled before us.

The Inquisitor Trailer (2025)

08 June 2025

In 1972, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first Southern Black woman to join Congress, one of many firsts in her career as a trailblazing political leader.

Out of Frame Trailer (2023)

04 May 2023

Trapped in their frames and monitored by a menacing curator, two paintings long to escape from the art gallery's white walls.

Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable Trailer (2018)

18 September 2018

Freyer Artist. Iconoclast. Man of his time. All Things are Photographable is a revealing documentary portrait of the life and work of acclaimed photographer Garry Winogrand – the epic storyteller in pictures of America across three turbulent decades.

Words from a Bear Trailer (2019)

29 January 2019

A visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday, relating each written line to his unique Native American experience representing ancestry, place, and oral history.

Thine Own Self Trailer (2022)

07 June 2022

Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.

Let It Be a Tale Trailer (2024)

12 June 2024

An animated tribute to the text of "If I Must Die," the final poem written by Palestinian writer, scholar, activist, and martyr Dr.

We Had Each Other Trailer (2022)

12 April 2022

A group of powerful, bold, Irish women political prisoners at Armagh Jail shook Ireland to its’ core in 1980 when they began a transgressive “no-wash” protest, refusing to bathe for a year to bring attention to their plight and the abusive mistreatment of Irish political prisoners by the British government.

51 seconds on the 4th of july Trailer (2018)

04 July 2018

Abolish ICE.

Pennsylvania Trailer (2012)

22 August 2012

By painting frames of 16mm clear leader, the filmmaker explores the feelings and sentiments evoked when returning home to Pennsylvania, after being far away for far too long.

My Gossip Trailer (2018)

14 September 2018

Incorporating live-action stop-motion and digital animation, this personal documentary colorfully explores the radical importance of women's close friendships by examining the filmmaker's relationship with her own best friend, and how women's close friendships were historically weaponized against them.

Pearl Pistols Trailer (2014)

19 September 2014

Queen Mother Moore speaking at Greenhaven Federal Prison, 1973.