Amy Halpern Movies

The dilapidated former house/headquarters of South Central LA's Black Panthers is at the center of a clash between radical ideals of the past, and...

Statement and demonstration.

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new...

A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.

Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never...

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

with Yogi John Franzoni

A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde.

Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary...

The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles serves as the backdrop of Pat O’Neill’s artfully-crafted film. Shot in the classic Hollywood style,...

A rhythmic montage of almost 200 faces, human and animals, that Halpern pans vertically, creating a cascade of visages suggesting that while...

Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)

Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.

What can I say about a private letter?

With Asha Wilson and Joyce Campbell.

“Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”