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Penny Lane is an award-winning nonfiction filmmaker who was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2012.
Total trailers found: 29
30 April 2008
A little essay about certain qualities shared by Emily Dickinson and Troglodytes troglodytes (the winter wren).
25 September 2010
In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Together and alone, they will travel until the end of the universe.
27 December 2016
The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys is the colourful and surprising true story of a man named Harold von Braunhut; a man who could look at the humblest of creatures – the brine shrimp – and imagine an empire built upon it.
23 January 2013
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.
01 January 2002
Such encounters are extremely rare and can last for perhaps a few seconds. The resulting light and heat, however, can exist in a residual state for eons.
01 August 2024
DIS-EASE is a feature-length documentary about how we imagine disease, and how that affects what we do when we encounter illness, outbreaks, doctors, treatments, and disability in real life.
22 January 2016
The true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a small-town Kansas doctor who discovers in 1917 that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men.
12 September 2021
A humorous but incisive look at the saxophonist Kenny G, the best-selling instrumental artist of all time, and quite possibly one of the most famous living musicians.
01 November 2010
This video will teach you how to write your own autobiography, with examples from the narrator’s life.
15 November 2025
A joyful and surprising journey into the fascinating world of toddler pop, exploring why kids' music is so catchy, can be deeply meaningful, and how AI is taking hold and shaping the industry.
03 March 2023
As the clock counted down to the the 21st century, the world faced a potential technological disaster: a bug that could cause computers to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900.
31 December 2011
This short documentary suggests a direct connection between two of Nixon’s greatest triumphs as president: his landmark 1969 "Silent Majority" speech (in which he argued that street protesters did not represent the views of most Americans, despite their increasing visibility) and his historic landslide re-election in 1972 (in which George S.
14 March 2026
"Manhood" follows Dallas entrepreneur Bill Moore as he attempts to make penis enlargement as commonplace as Botox.
10 March 2023
Director Penny Lane’s decision to become a “good Samaritan” by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism.
27 January 2018
Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, say they have it. But the mainstream medical community says Morgellons is not a disease at all, but a delusion propagated and reinforced by social media.
28 January 2009
Jesse Stiles and I wanted to make a one minute horror movie one night. Here it is! – PL
16 January 2008
The sometimes-true story of Mame Faye, who ran a world famous house of prostitution in Troy, New York for almost forty years (c.
01 February 2019
A silent short film commission for New York City's legendary Film Forum. Jeremy Bentham is considered the founder of utilitarianism, the moral philosophy which says the best actions are those which provide the most pleasure to the greatest number of people.
01 January 2004
We Are The Littletons presents a tangled web of found objects, intercepted correspondences, reenactments and total fabrications centered around Eve Littleton, an artist with "movie star good looks" who was mysteriously banished from her postcard-perfect American family.
18 April 2018
An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote.
02 April 2019
In this deeply personal video diary, a young researcher tries to make sense of her fascination for the film "The Pain of Others" by Penny Lane.
02 June 2018
“Women watch themselves being looked at.” –John Berger
28 January 2009
This is what happens when you spend all your time in front of a computer. Beware, childrens!!! – PL
30 April 2007
A short story about growing up, a certain love song, and the apocryphal memories of childhood. Simple animations create a picture book whose story is scrambled by time and loss.
17 April 2019
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
31 July 2026
On February 2, 2023, Flaco — a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world — was discovered missing from his cage at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan.
10 June 2009
In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park.
01 January 2005
The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion.
01 November 2007
A random survey of personal ads one night on Craigslist opens up performative possibilities for a corporate tool.
