D. A. Pennebaker Movies

The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race...

This special presentation offers all the remaining footage from Jimi Hendrix's incendiary appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Hendrix...

Additional musical performances from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California, shot for the film Monterey Pop (1968) and released on the...

A film by D.A. Pennebaker

Twins Christopher and David gets into an untethered sailboat and inadvertently gets involved in a nearby sailboat race.

Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel

A cutman at the end of his career struggles to reclaim his true lifelong job.

Concert documentary of The National's performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010, interspersed with interview footage of the band.

Leacock and Pennebaker filmed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s dance “RainForest” as part of the 1968 Buffalo Arts Festival’s...

A collection of twenty short films, averaging 2-3 minutes, by various filmmakers depicting American life, intended to be shown in a continuous loop...

Description by D.A Pennebaker: "This movie is something of a mystery. Timothy Leary was getting married to a model named Nena Von Schlebrugge up in...

A 38-year journey that the director began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, the director filmed many and...

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

An unreleased concert film, shot at the Generation Club on 8th St. in NYC on April 7, 1968. Big Brother & The Holding Co. "Summertime" Joni...

Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that...

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

Using only the illumination of a cigarette lighter, D.A. Pennebaker captured Tiny Tim performing a number of traditional songs at Monterey's Hunt...

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

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...