Sam Green

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32 Sounds Trailer

Sam Green (born in 1966; East Lansing) is an American documentary filmmaker. His most recent projects are “live documentaries” including 32 Sounds (2022) with electronic musician JD Samson, A Thousand Thoughts (2018) in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, The Measure of All Things (2014), and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller (2012), which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. All four works are performed live, with Green narrating and musicians performing the soundtrack. Green's 2004 film The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award, included in the Whitney Biennial, and broadcast nationally on PBS.

Most Popular Sam Green Trailers

Total trailers found: 25

Utopia in Four Movements Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Throughout human history, people have had giddy dreams and fantastic notions about what the future would bring.

The Weather Underground Trailer (2002)

17 November 2002

The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.

The Making of Ladies and Gentlemen, Fabulous Stains Trailer (1999)

24 May 1999

A documentary look at the 'making of' and cult success of the troubled Lou Adler directed film "Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains" starring Diane Lane.

Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening Trailer (2021)

01 April 2021

Sam Green's intimate portrait of Annea Lockwood shares with us a glimpse into the enthralling world of sound that she has been exploring and creating for many years.

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller Trailer (2012)

01 December 2012

The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller traces the career of twentieth-century futurist, architect, engineer, inventor, and author R.

Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery Trailer (2018)

19 January 2018

A short documentary portrait of the greatest pet cemetery in the world.

Pie Fight '69 Trailer (2000)

17 June 2000

Opening night of the 1969 San Francisco International Film Festival on the steps of City Hall. A who's who of SF high society is suddenly ambushed by a cadre of independent filmmakers armed with pies.

(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas Trailer (2011)

01 December 2011

I’ve been to Las Vegas many times and have always experienced a familiar roller coaster of reactions to the city, from being fascinated and seeing it as a profound expression of grand historical forces and liberatory impulses to just seeing it as a totally fucking depressing place.

Clear Glasses Trailer (2008)

19 November 2008

Short doc surrounding Paul Rudd's clear glasses that came to Sam's door from a time when the world was different.

And with Him Came the West Trailer (2019)

22 February 2019

Wyatt Earp, one of the most famous lawmen and gamblers of the Old West, is the inspiration behind decades of Hollywood Westerns.

N Judah 5:30 Trailer (2004)

16 January 2004

A melancholy train ride filled with small, rich moments.

Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig Trailer (2019)

02 December 2019

“Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig” is a 30 minute live cinema portrait that debuted at the Whitney Biennial in August 2019.

7 Sounds Trailer (2020)

01 January 2020

How can a sound make you cry, or make your hair stand on end? Can sound be political?

A Thousand Thoughts Trailer (2018)

21 January 2018

Filmmaker Sam Green, in collaboration with writer and editor Joe Bini, takes the stage with the legendary classical-music group Kronos Quartet to create a "live documentary" that chronologically unfolds the quartet's groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career.

A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco showcases a visually compelling experience of fog and the rich feelings it evokes.

This is What the Future Looked Like Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

This Is What the Future Looked Like is a documentary about the work of architect and futurist Buckminster Fuller, using his geodesic domes as the visual environment.

The Measure of All Things Trailer (2014)

20 January 2014

Documentarian Sam Green interprets our collective fascination with the Guinness Book of World Records as a profound need to try and make some sense of who we are by calibrating human experience and marveling at its outer contours.

32 Sounds Trailer (2023)

28 April 2023

Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us.

Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall Trailer (2009)

11 November 2009

A tour of the world's largest shopping mall, located near Guangzhou, China.

The Universal Language Trailer (2011)

10 October 2011

The Universal Language is a new documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green (The Weather Underground).

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans Trailer (2008)

01 April 2008

The true story of the neighborhood that inspired David Simon's fictional HBO television series "Tremé", from slave revolts and underground free black antebellum resistance through post-Katrina rebuilding, set to a fabulous soundtrack of New Orleans music through the ages.

The Oldest Person in the World Trailer (2026)

23 January 2026

A decade-long global journey chronicles the ever-changing record holders of the title of oldest person alive.

Lot 63, Grave C Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

The mystery behind the man who died at Altamont.

Love Letter to the Fog Trailer (2013)

01 December 2013

The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Millions of Americans have seen Rollen Frederick Stewart, a.k.a. "Rainbow Man", who achieved notoriety during the late 70's by appearing in the crowd at thousands of televised sporting events wearing his trademark rainbow-colored afro wig.