Hart Perry

7.4

Boy Interrupted

Sep 05, 2009

Boy Interrupted

2009 92 min 49 vues

On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the story, told by his filmmaker parents and others who knew him, of Evan’s life and death, and his life-long struggle with bipolar disorder. It delves into the complexity of Evan's disease, sharing his family's journey through the maze of mental illness. In showing how one family deals with generations of loss and grief, the film defies the stigma related to mental illness and suicide and tells a human story that touches everyone.

Documentary

6

The Making of 'Harlan County U.S.A.'

May 10, 2006

The Making of 'Harlan County U.S.A.'

2006 22 min 2 vues

This documentary features new interviews with producer-director Barbara Kopple, cinematographers Hart Perry and Kevin Keating, associate director Anne Lewis, and three people featured in HARLAN COUNTY USA: United Mine Workers organizer Houston Elmore, miner Jerry Johnson, and strike activist Bessie Parker.

Documentary

9

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Dec 14, 1999

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

1999 46 min 5 vues

Enchanting holiday tale of a young runaway who has broken into an old movie palace, looking for shelter on a snow-filled Christmas Eve. Closed for decades, the building is filled with countless discarded artifacts from the past. The girl is discovered by the old caretaker, who uses the ghosts and spirits that inhabit this long-abandoned world to turn her life around.

Fantasy

1

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

Jan 01, 1973

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

1973 13 min 1 vues

A short documentary concerning the preparations and rehearsals for the March 11, 1973 benefit tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Includes a photo-montage of the concert finale in which Sondheim sings Anyone Can Whistle.

Documentary

1

Peter Gabriel - POV

Jul 01, 1991

Peter Gabriel - POV

1991 85 min 1 vues

A short documentary concerning the preparations and rehearsals for the March 11, 1973 benefit tribute to Stephen Sondheim. Includes a photo-montage of the concert finale in which Sondheim sings Anyone Can Whistle.

Music

10

Gipsy Kings: Tierra Gitana

Sep 08, 1996

Gipsy Kings: Tierra Gitana

1996 57 min 1 vues

Documentary blending concert footage with behind-the-scenes shots and interviews to profile the musical group as well as the history and culture of Gypsies and flamenco music. The importance of singing is emphasized in an acoustic concert in a traditional tavern in the Camargue region in the south of France; the band is also seen in performance at Wolf Trap, VA, on its recent American tour.

Music

1

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

Jan 01, 1999

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

1999 65 min 1 vues

This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's Native American background. Half Mohawk on his mother's side, the film follows him back to the Six Nations reservation in Ontario where he spent summers growing up and picked up his first guitar. The resulting album, "Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy", draws on his childhood First Nation influences and includes musical collaborations wth Native artists such as John Trudell, Rita Coolidge and Buffy Ste Marie.

Music

1

Say It, Fight It, Cure It

Oct 05, 1997

Say It, Fight It, Cure It

1997 90 min 1 vues

Documentary on breast cancer featuring a series of interviews with survivors and their families. Director and host Lee Grant speaks with support groups, doctors and activists whose lives are dedicated to the fight against breast cancer

Documentary

1

The House of Mirth

Jan 01, 1981

The House of Mirth

1981 90 min 1 vues

Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become wife to a rich man. As an unmarried woman with gambling debts and an uncertain future, Lily is destroyed by the society who created her...

Drama

5.7

Valley of Tears

Mar 07, 2003

Valley of Tears

2003 137 min 3 vues

An expansive chronicle of life in the small south Texas town of Raymondville. Beginning in 1979 and continuing for a full two decades, Perry charted a progression of successes and setbacks by farmworker organizers and community activists in their fights with wealthy landowners and the local political establishment.

Documentary

7.4

Kusama : Infinity

Sep 07, 2018

Kusama : Infinity

2018 80 min 27 vues

An expansive chronicle of life in the small south Texas town of Raymondville. Beginning in 1979 and continuing for a full two decades, Perry charted a progression of successes and setbacks by farmworker organizers and community activists in their fights with wealthy landowners and the local political establishment.

Documentary

7.182

American Dream

Oct 06, 1990

American Dream

1990 98 min 11 vues

When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided and the very future of this typical mid American town is threatened.

Documentary

4.7

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

Apr 02, 2004

And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

2004 300 min 3 vues

The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from various figures in the community such as Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Fab 5 Freddy, KRS-One, MC Hammer and Busy Bee.

Documentary

7.4

Harlan County U.S.A.

Jan 23, 1977

Harlan County U.S.A.

1977 103 min 100 vues

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.

Documentary

1

Women on Trial

Oct 27, 1992

Women on Trial

1992 57 min 1 vues

"Women On Trail" exposes the innate corruption and sexism in the family court system as children are removed from their mothers and given to fathers who often either don't want them or have been convicted of domestic violence.

Documentary

7.4

Boy Interrupted

Sep 05, 2009

Boy Interrupted

2009 92 min 49 vues

On the night of Oct. 2, 2005, Hart and Dana Perry's 15-year-old son Evan jumped to his death from his New York City bedroom window. This moving film is the story, told by his filmmaker parents and others who knew him, of Evan’s life and death, and his life-long struggle with bipolar disorder. It delves into the complexity of Evan's disease, sharing his family's journey through the maze of mental illness. In showing how one family deals with generations of loss and grief, the film defies the stigma related to mental illness and suicide and tells a human story that touches everyone.

Documentary

6

When Women Kill

Sep 06, 1983

When Women Kill

1983 55 min 1 vues

When Women Kill is a poignant documentary exploring the shocking violence that seven women fell victim to at the hands of men. The program profiles the battered women who speak frankly about the cruel abuse, threats, and fears, and the overassertive men who led them down a one-way path to death and destruction. The film features in-prison footage, including a segment depicting a confession by a follower of the notorious Charles Manson, Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of two killing sprees and committed to life in prison.

Documentary