Silent Movies

In a world where humans only communicate telepathically, Nima searches for a butterfly. Her encounter with a black cat leads her to an apathetic old...

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Silent cartoon.

Chicago streets.

A contemplative, seemingly timeless record of the years Hutton spent in Southeast Asia while working as a merchant seaman. Jon Jost writes, "The film...

Two women find companionship in emptiness.

USPS workers go bowling.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Two girls spend the evening together. You'll never believe what happens next!

It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive. Though the various strings, wools and...

A visual metaphor for creative process as a sustained state of flux, whereby the deconstruction and reconfiguration of source material manifest...

A lonely young woman becomes obsessed with the sex lives of her next door neighbors, unaware that appearances are not what they seem.

A teenager turns to filming their family after the loss of their mother.

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

An outdoor gathering.