Naomi Uman

Most Popular Naomi Uman Trailers

Total trailers found: 17

Private Movie Trailer (2001)

24 January 2001

This love story in three parts recounts the amorous journeys of one woman, in love with places, pets, men, and nostalgia.

removed Trailer (1999)

17 December 1999

Starting with a piece of vintage porn, filmmaker Naomi Uman painstakingly removed each female figure from the footage using nail polish remover, leaving a striking absence where there's usually a fleshy presence.

I Saw Bones Trailer (1999)

14 December 1999

A collection of experimental shorts by female directors curated by Rita Gonzalez and features the shorts Bathing the Baby by Semefo, Taxidermy by Eva Aridijis, I, Bear by Helen Mirra Self Dial by Caroline Koebel, Removed by Naomi Uman, Deep Creep by Kate Haug, and Hawi by Ximena Cuevas.

Clay Trailer (2008)

15 January 2008

This film explores the idea of the consistency of land use over time. In the exact location of where the filmmaker is living and realizing this project, trypillian people lived over 5,000 year ago.

Three Sparks Trailer (2023)

01 February 2023

three sparks is an intimate picture of village life in Albania, crafted in gratitude by a guest. Mexican/American artist Naomi Uman lived and documented life in rural Ukraine.

Hand Eye Coordination Trailer (2002)

12 March 2002

The film tells the story of its own making.

Grass Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

This film was made for the site specific screening Fleur Power, created by Melinda Stone. She planted a screen of sweet alyssum (also called "carpet of snow") on a mountainside and asked artists to make work for this one-time event.

Mala Leche Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A sequel to Leche, this film follows members of the same family now living in California's agricultural Central Valley.

Love of 3 Oranges Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

In this naive first film, the love of a woman gives fruit color and life which her amorous attentions eventually destroy and consume.

Coda Trailer (2009)

22 January 2009

This tiny film is a poem which recapitulates many of the ideas presented in the earlier films and serves as a tiny song/verse to remind the viewer of the things that have come before and the things which will continue in the future.

Kalendar Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Kalendar obliquely tells the story of language acquisition. The filmmaker, struggling to learn a new language, comes to understand that the names of the months of the year have concrete manifestations.

On This Day Trailer (2009)

01 October 2009

A video from a wedding ceremony (i.e. recording kept as a true memory of the specific day) proves that acceleration could actually result in greater detail as the increasingly quicker recording of arrival at the wedding, dancing and meal, and love magnifies what we would not otherwise notice.

Leche Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Examines details of the lives of a rural Mexican family. The film was hand-processed in buckets to dry on the clothesline.

Video Diary Trailer (2011)

31 December 2011

The director turns the camera on herself, chronicling her decision to relocate (and the accompanying doubts and anxieties), her friendships with the village babushkas, and her undercover attempts to enter the cloistered world of the local Hasidic community.

Ukrainian Time Machine Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

While exploring her Ukrainian family roots, American filmmaker Naomi Uman made a series of documentaries about the people living in the small village of Legedzine.

Unnamed Film Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Another kind of utopia is presented in the films of Naomi Uman, whose search for her family roots in the Ukraine led her to move to the small village of Legedzine.

The Tin Woodman's Home Movie #2: California Poppy Reserve, Antelope Valley Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A three-dimensional narrative enacted at the California Poppy Reserve. It’s part of Mike Plante's Lunchfilm series of commissioned shorts (made for the cost of a lunch between Plante and filmmakers, Naomi Uman and Lee Lynch).