Salem Sketches #44, Origins
The origins of Salem Film Fest
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The origins of Salem Film Fest
The film is based on the work of Russian writer Vasily Rozanov "Two studies about Gogol", who is trying to unravel the mystery of the writer's work.
Ela lives in a small provincial town in Poland. Her daily life is stuck in a routine, balancing work and family. But Ela has a dream: Like many young Polish people, Ela, too wants to escape the tristesse of the council h
This is a series of studies filmed in 8 and 16mm about how self-exile develops a familiar and foreign perception about home.
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer. It is a town similar to many other small towns i
originally made in 1971 on Standard 8 mm film, silent / digitally revisited and edited further in 2016
Documentary about the life of a young woman from the countryside who works in a city factory, her hopes and difficulties.
Sketches for Late City Final (Jem Cohen, Peter Hutton, Jeff Preiss, Adam Grossman Cohen, co-produced by Fred Riedel, c. 1991)
1963-65, colour, silent, 17 minutes 8mm original transferred to 16mm 16mm blow up made by Anthology Film Archives in 2001. Contains the films Are Era, Richard Kraft at the Playboy Club, Fleming Faloon Screening, Not a
A mill building that produced sheets and pillow cases for the world adapts with the times to house private businesses, creative groups, social services and educational institutions.
"It’s about nothing, about everything, it’s about life." - Jonas Mekas "Every time I try to fly I fall without my wings, I feel so small" - Britney Spears Animated fanzine. All frames were printed on a copy machine, ha
Salem wakes up. An early morning spin around town during a blustery snowy winter.
The 275th anniversary of Salem's Black Picnic - aka Negro Election Day. It is believed to be the only continuing pre-emancipation event for black people in the United States.
A young mother raises her son alone, supporting him by working at the village pub. The tender and close relationship between the two largely compensates for the fact that they have difficulty managing money, and Andrei t
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In 10 vignettes, a rough sketch traces Jessie navigating the loss of her first love.
A 19th century school master comes to a small village to teach the local children and becomes the target of a prank when the town bully becomes jealous of the schoolmaster's attention to a woman whom the bully admires as