Tag Archives: Leisure

Woman’s Place & Dance (Original)

Filmed at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, “Woman’s Place & Dance” features a group of young women and men running around and enjoying themselves on the grass outside. Among their activities are jumping rope, posing in different positions, and wearing colorful masks, but the film is primarily concerned with capturing the sense of free

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Windchimes, Window, Tree

Footage of trees swaying in the sunlight, as seen from a window. A windchime in silhouette periodically obscures the trees.

Boyers & Rhinos

Experimental home movie documenting a visit by filmmakers Wayne and Eleanor Boyer and their nine-year-old son Brett to JoAnn Elam’s home in Logan Square, Chicago, for a summer barbecue. Later in the film, Chuck Kleinhans and Julia Lesage, co-founders of the cinema journal Jump Cut join the group. Since Elam is on screen for much

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Country Mile (Original)

Experimental filmmaker JoAnn Elam guides (or limits) the viewer’s eyes down a rural, wooded path.

[Lakeside Women]

Filmed mostly in close-up shots of their faces or other body parts, a group of women and a few small children relax on a dock by a lake on a sunny day. The date and location of production remain unknown.;This film has been held from streaming due to sensitive content. To learn more, please contact

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Skaters / California Culture

Pink and yellow flares. As the color of “Skaters / California Culture” settles, a duo of skaters glides succinctly but effortlessly across the asphalt;their peers, other skaters and recreational types, simply soak in the pleasant weather. The perspective swoops amongst their peers before flaring out, again, in pink and yellow.