Susan Shadburne

A look inside the Will Vinton Studio, with specializes in stop-motion animations with clay.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

A film by Hy Hirsh.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2000.

Winsor McCay was the first master of animation. This movie features every surviving film by this cinema pioneer with lovely piano score by famed composer Gabriel Thibaudeau.  Highlights in this collection include: Little Nemo (1911), Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), How A Mosquito Operates (1912), The Sinking Of The Lusitania (1918), The Centaurs (1918-21), Gertie On Tour (1918-21), Flip’s Circus (1918-21), Bug Vaudeville (1921), The Pet (1921) and The Flying House (1921).  DVD features a commentary by film historian John Canemaker and his charming documentary Remembering Winsor McCay.

The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in microcosm by Madison, Indiana. It was created primarily for exhibition abroad, to provide international audiences a more well-rounded view of America, and was therefore produced in more than 20 translations.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.

Short film about the Manzanar Japanese American internment camp.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Stop-motion documentary based on interviews about anxiety.

One of Les Blank's industrial films, which follows a Holly Farms "broiler" chicken from factory incubation to the county fair barbecue pit. A hilarious, disturbing and surreal look at a large-scale chicken farm producing 156 million chickens a year! Film includes lots of chicken songs and music recorded live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.  Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963).