Combining performances, interviews and archival footage, the [hour-long] film presents a rare look into the life of the talented and multi-faceted opera star, documenting her rise to Paris fame from humble Arkansas roots and providing a unique glimpse into her mind, career, and mystique. Performances and interviews incorporate her forays into gospel, Gershwin tunes, and Disney film music.

The first authorized film biography of Martha Graham profiles the renowned dancer/choreographer, whose uncompromising commitment to the development of a new language of dance places her among the great artists of contemporary culture.

“Conveys the spirit, vision, passion of Martha Graham's creativity” —
The Washington Post

(CINE Golden Eagle Award)

The hour-long film is the story of the struggle and eventual triumph of the Abstract Expressionist movement, as seen through the eyes of one of its last survivors. Interwoven with the chronicle of the movement he championed is the personal story of Robert Motherwell, and his development as an artist. Shown painting in his studio and preparing for a retrospective of his work at the Guggenheim Museum in 1985, Motherwell not only articulates the philosophy and goals of the Abstract Expressionists, but also explains his own creative process and growth.

Both a unique document of a crucial turning point in the history of 20th century art and a moving personal story, the one-hour film brings to vivid life the rich artistic milieu of New York in the 1940’s and ‘50’s. Among those interviewed are art historian William Rubin, author and art critic Dore Ashton Clement Greenberg, sculptor Philip Pavia, Surrealist Robert Matta, artist Hugh O’Donnell, art historian and curator Henry Geldzahler, gallery owner Sidney Jenis and art historian Jack Flam.

(Intercom, Chicago International Film Festival, Documentary — Arts/Humanities)

Presented on PBS by Thirteen/WNET in New York

This film about Tennessee Williams's life and work begins with his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis through his success and acclaim as a playwright, followed by his traumatic final years. Including scenes from film adaptations of his work — A Streetcar Named Desire , Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Night of the Iguana , and Suddenly, Last Summer — the documentary contains footage of Williams being interviewed by David Frost, Edward R. Murrow, and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. The film also features readings from director Elia Kazan's notebook by Kim Hunter.

(Intercom —The International Film & Video Festival Silver Plaque Award)

An intimate film portrait of the life and career of perhaps one of Hollywood's most skilled and renowned directors. From silent pictures to talkies, from westerns to adaptations of classic novels and Broadway plays, William Wyler left a body of work that documents Hollywood's coming of age. Over a span of fifty years, he made some of the best loved movies of all time: Jezebel, Wuthering Heights, The Little Foxes, Mrs. Miniver, Ben Hur, Best Years of Our Lives, Roman Holiday, and Funny Girl.

(Gold Hugo Award; Blue Ribbon Award, American Film & Video Festival; National Educational Film & Video Festival Gold Apple Award; Golden Gate Award - Honorable Mention, International San Francisco Film Festival)

“Excellent biographical documentary … Actors and colleagues offer some surprising comments.” — Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide