University of California Berkeley Movie Trailers

The Campanile Trailer (1997)

04 August 1997

A short film directed by Paul Debevec made in the spring of 1997 that used image-based modeling and rendering techniques from his Ph.

Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

Marlon Riggs and Peter Webster’s thesis project reflects on the heyday of Oakland blues in the late 1940s and ’50s, when an influx of African American shipyard workers mostly hailing from Louisiana and Texas arrived in the Bay Area.

Cruel Architecture, a Tool of Gentrification Trailer (2021)

18 December 2021

A short documentary shot in November 2021 in Berkeley. It reflects on the ethos of privatization in American culture and how public spaces are being built to exclude people through cruel architecture.

The Unyielding Life of Things Trailer (2022)

04 May 2022

Rhea is a 24-year-old woman who has just moved into a new house with her husband. Over the course of 10 years she will have three different partners with whom she will experience three moves in different parts of the world.

Rabies in a Human Patient Trailer (1955)

01 October 1955

Case history of an Iranian patient bitten by a rabid wolf.

The Galápagos Finches Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Documentary about finches of the Galápagos Islands.

4.1 Miles Trailer (2017)

08 February 2017

A coast guard captain on a small Greek island is suddenly charged with saving thousands of refugees from drowning at sea.

Pomo Shaman Trailer (1954)

01 January 1954

A female Pomo shaman conducting a ritual healing ceremony over a man with body pains.

Cheerleader Trailer (2003)

24 October 2003

The Tigers are all-smiles until they begin their journey to the national cheerleading championships and the young girls realize that more is at stake than their spankies.

Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff Trailer (1979)

01 October 1979

The arduous lifestyle of a traveling tent circus often contradicts the romantic notion of “running away with a circus.