Bill Morrison Movies
- 2012

Just Ancient Loops
Just Ancient Loops5.62012HD
'Just Ancient Loops' employs high resolution scans of ancient nitrate footage, as well as newly created CGI renderings of space to depict different...
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- 2014

Back to the Soil
Back to the Soil42014HD
In 1924, Jewish tradesmen in the newly-formed Soviet Union relocated to the Ukraine, Belarus and Crimea to form farming colonies. The film is of a...
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- 2020

Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era82020HD
A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...
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- 2012

The Miners' Hymns
The Miners' Hymns7.72012HD
The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their...
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- 2008

Every Stop on the F Train
Every Stop on the F Train02008HD
A self-explanatory film by Bill Morrison, with music by Michael Gordon, performed by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
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- 2020

Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea02020HD
a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.
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- 2018

Buried and Breaking Away
Buried and Breaking Away02018HD
Buried and Breaking Away demonstrates the effect of Bloomington, Indiana’s elements on one of its favorite cinematic progenies.
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- 2017

Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison
Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison72017HD
This documentary focuses on the artistry of director Bill Morrison, who leverages decaying film stock from years past to tell new stories that are...
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- 2013

Re: Awakenings
Re: Awakenings6.12013HD
Original Super 8 footage shot by Dr. Oliver Sacks of his patients at Beth Abraham Hospital, Bronx, NY, who were administered the drug L-Dopa in the...
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- 2006

Porch
Porch5.62006HD
A home-movie portrait of an ordinary American family, taken over many years and framed in the porch of their house.
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- 2013

Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist
Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist02013HD
Things fall apart, but they are also reassembled and given new life, in an enlightened form. Meet the New York based artist and filmmaker Bill...
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- 2012

The Great Flood
The Great Flood6.72012HD
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks...
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- 2010

Spark of Being
Spark of Being5.42010HD
Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the...
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- 1996

Moda
Moda01996HD
Hauntingly beautiful preparation for the fashion show followed by the show itself.
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- 2007

Peoples House
Peoples House52007HD
Walter Francis and Jerry Peoples, two characters from "Mutual Appreciation", share a visit at the Peoples' home in the countryside.
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- 2016

The Dockworker's Dream
The Dockworker's Dream72016HD
Drawing from Portugal’s rich heritage of shipping, trade, and exploration, “The Dockworker's Dream” takes the viewer on a journey...
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- 2025

Ghost of the Past
Ghost of the Past02025HD
Using newly discovered fragments of a French film, Morrison reconstructs the film.
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- 2016

The Unchanging Sea
The Unchanging Sea02016HD
The film The Unchanging Sea (2018) was inspired by the discovery of a decaying print of DW Griffith's The Unchanging Sea (1910) in the nitrate vaults...
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- 1990

Night Highway
Night Highway71990HD
B/W visualization of the highway during the night.
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- 2017

Dawson City: Postscript
Dawson City: Postscript02017HD
Following on from Bill Morrison's feature Dawson City: Frozen Time, a short film, Dawson City: Postscript (10 min, 2017) details the journey this...
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