Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2012
    The Miners' Hymns

    The Miners' Hymns

    The Miners' Hymns

    7.52012HD

    The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their...

    The Miners' Hymns
  • 2017
    Dawson City: Postscript

    Dawson City: Postscript

    Dawson City: Postscript

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

    Dawson City: Postscript
  • 1992
    Footprints

    Footprints

    Footprints

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    Early Bill Morrison film from 1992, black & white, 16mm.

    Footprints
  • 2014
    Back to the Soil

    Back to the Soil

    Back to the Soil

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    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...

    Back to the Soil
  • 2020
    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    02020HD

    A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
  • 2016
    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    02016HD

    Previously unheard interviews with Kemp Niver and Howard Walls from 1992, the two men who helped discover and restore the earliest film collection -...

    Niver vs Walls
  • 2008
    Every Stop on the F Train

    Every Stop on the F Train

    Every Stop on the F Train

    02008HD

    A self-explanatory film by Bill Morrison, with music by Michael Gordon, performed by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.

    Every Stop on the F Train
  • 2020
    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    02020HD

    a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
  • 2024
    The Vanguard Tapes

    The Vanguard Tapes

    The Vanguard Tapes

    02024HD

    A series of conversations and monologues captured in the kitchen of the famous Vanguard jazz club in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1994- 95...

    The Vanguard Tapes
  • 1994
    The World Is Round

    The World Is Round

    The World Is Round

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    Originally planned as part of Michael Kanieckis play, «Howard Hughes: The World Is Round», the film follows the internal monologue of...

    The World Is Round
  • 2012
    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    02012HD

    An experimental film by Bill Morrison.

    Gene Takes a Drink
  • 1993
    The Death Train

    The Death Train

    The Death Train

    71993HD

    Originally produced for the opera "The Death Train of Baron Von Frankenstein". The opera was conceived and written by John Moran, directed for the...

    The Death Train
  • 2018
    Weaving

    Weaving

    Weaving

    02018HD

    An examination of weaving and the loom as the predecessor to modern-day computing. Using punched cards, weaving programs were designed for looms in...

    Weaving
  • 2007
    Fuel

    Fuel

    Fuel

    02007HD

    Fuel was premiered in a multi-media performance with a film by Bill Morrison at the Kaispeicher B Warehouse at the port of Hamburg, Germany, in 2007.

    Fuel
  • 1996
    Cross Country

    Cross Country

    Cross Country

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    Directed by Bill Morrison

    Cross Country
  • 2018
    Cinematograph

    Cinematograph

    Cinematograph

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    The film depicts the Lumière Brothers discussing and examining their Cinématographe machine. This film has traveled through time since...

    Cinematograph
  • 2016
    The Dockworker's Dream

    The Dockworker's Dream

    The Dockworker's Dream

    72016HD

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

    The Dockworker's Dream
  • 2012
    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    02012HD

    This found-footage piece is based on an early study of the effects of cocaine by the filmmaker’s great-grandfather Carl Koller and Sigmund...

    Koller and Freud
  • 2020
    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    02020HD

    My cat Curly recorded this video on 4/7/20. It's a get well soon card to the world. (And remember to wash your paws!)

    Curly’s Thanksgiving
  • 2020
    Sunken Films

    Sunken Films

    Sunken Films

    02020HD

    A collection of films that have been found, or remain, on the Ocean's floor.

    Sunken Films