D. A. Pennebaker Movies

  • 1998
    Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg

    Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg

    Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg

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    Interviews and footage document the life and work of dancer Bessie Schonberg.

    Bessie: A Portrait of Bessie Schonberg
  • 1961
    David

    David

    David

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    During the fertile early years of Drew Associates following the breakthrough of Primary, came this seldom-seen portrait of David Allen, a jazz...

    David
  • 1972
    Dancers in School

    Dancers in School

    Dancers in School

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    Chronicles the work of several California dance teachers in a program of dance instruction taught in several California school systems. Shows how the...

    Dancers in School
  • 1965
    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

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    A film focusing on a day in the life of two identical twin girls, one of whom is blind and mentally handicapped

    Elizabeth and Mary
  • 1957
    American Football

    American Football

    American Football

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    A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado. The film was an...

    American Football
  • 1959
    Opening In Moscow

    Opening In Moscow

    Opening In Moscow

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    In 1959, George Nelson designed an incredible trade fair to be sent to Russia, a kind of yard sale of things American. Everything from automatic...

    Opening In Moscow
  • 1987
    From the Pole to the Equator

    From the Pole to the Equator

    From the Pole to the Equator

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    The title Dal polo all'equatore was first used by the pioneering documentary maker, Luca Comerio, for a compilation film of 1925; it was used again...

    From the Pole to the Equator