Movies
- 2020

Dancing in the Street, 11 grados de separación
Dancing in the Street, 11 grados de separación02020HD
After having shared a common experience in Cuba, twelve filmmakers say goodbye to return to their countries and make a pact: to make a collective...
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- 2026

Adulthood
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Made over 15 years, Adulthood is a feature composed of six short films, each chapter following a couple as they grow older without necessarily...
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- 2022

The United States of America
The United States of America5.52022HD
A crisscross through the USA, carving it up into a series of static shots of just under two minutes, one for each state, presented alphabetically,...
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- 2021

From Bakersfield to Mojave
From Bakersfield to Mojave02021HD
A document of one of the most famous 66 miles of railroad track in the world including the Tehachapi Loop.
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- 2012

One Way Boogie Woogie
One Way Boogie Woogie7.52012HD
In summer 2011, James Benning returned to his hometown of Milwaukee to make a third version of his seminal 1977 film 'One Way Boogie Woogie'. In 1977...
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- 2011

Twenty Cigarettes
Twenty Cigarettes32011HD
Celebrated for his minimal, monumental landscape studies, James Benning turns to the intimacy of the portrait in his latest film, TWENTY CIGARETTES....
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- 2005

One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later
One Way Boogie Woogie/27 Years Later6.62005HD
One half filmed in 1977, one half filmed 27 years later. Director combined the structural analysis of image and sound with fragments of a narrative...
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- 1974

I-94
I-945.31974HD
Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.
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- 1972

Time and a Half
Time and a Half01972HD
Twenty-four hours in the life of a factory worker.
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- 2009

Ruhr
Ruhr6.62009HD
Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.
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- 1985

O Panama
O Panama61985HD
O Panama features a man confined to his apartment on a winter day as he suffers through an illness. Built on the polarity between hot and cold, the...
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- 1984

American Dreams (Lost and Found)
American Dreams (Lost and Found)7.41984HD
Scrolling excerpts from the diary of George Wallace's would-be assassin Arthur Bremer at screen bottom, Hank Aaron cards and ephemera from his entire...
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- 2004

Ten Skies
Ten Skies7.22004HD
An experimental film portraying different skies in very long takes.
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- 2017

Readers
Readers4.52017HD
Composed of just four shots in which Clara McHale-Ribot, Rachel Kushner, Richard Hebdige, and Simone Forti read quietly to themselves, the film...
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- 1971

Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?
Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound?101971HD
In this short black and white study Benning uses dissolves, shifting camera angles and cross-fades to experiment with narrative structure.
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- 1989

Used Innocence
Used Innocence61989HD
Using experimental narrative structure as his vehicle, Benning recreates the sensationalized and controversial circumstances surrounding Lorencia...
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- 2012

Nightfall
Nightfall6.22012HD
A stunning study of real-time light changing from day to night which was filmed in a forest high up in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains
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- 2019

daylight
daylight02019HD
Benning's 18-minute study of moonfall in the morning sky-- A close cousin to his film "two moons". A lovely rendition of 'Moon River' accompanies the...
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- 2018

Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation02018HD
This three-channel video installation by James Benning shows three scenes from David Wark Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915). The...
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- 2013

Coming to Terms
Coming to Terms7.22013HD
One day, father makes a shocking decision in a family gathering. The family disagrees with it and against him in the very beginning. However, they...
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