Ben Russell Movies

  • 2002
    The Breathers-In

    The Breathers-In

    The Breathers-In

    02002HD

    The Breathers-In is a 16mm experimental narrative film in which two Victorian Sisters float through a post-industrial landscape of Loss and...

    The Breathers-In
  • 2006
    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    62006HD

    "A fine fine example of spaces between existing as objects themselves. A patternistic and memorializing offering to natural totems. Two kinds of...

    Black and White Trypps Number Two
  • 2020
    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

    02020HD

    Featuring a soundtrack melted out of a Cyndi Lauper CD, here is an(other) attempt to find a way through the everywhere fog of 2020. Filmed between...

    What Distinguishes the Past
  • 2004
    Extra Terrestrial

    Extra Terrestrial

    Extra Terrestrial

    4.52004HD

    “A deadpan video art reworking of 1982's highest-grossing movie, EXTRA TERRESTRIAL peels away layers of sentimental narrative goo from its...

    Extra Terrestrial
  • 2017
    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    02017HD

    Through softly textured 16mm photography and regional iconography, Silva offers a modernist reflection on two of upstate New York’s most...

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder
  • 2008
    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    02008HD

    An experimental ethnography recorded in the jungle village of Bendekondre, Suriname at the start of 2007. Composed of community-generated...

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
  • 2009
    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    62009HD

    From the Maroon village of Malobi in Suriname, South America, this single-take film offers a strikingly contemporary take on a Jean Rouch classic....

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)
  • 2015
    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    02015HD

    for the installation: Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room