Silent Movies

An outdoor gathering.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Two pumpkins.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

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

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Prym ad by Pinschewer.

Multiple thrusts and then retractions of oranges, reds, blues, and the flickering, almost black, textural dissolves suggesting an amalgam approaching...

This hand-painted and elaborately step-printed work begins with a flourish of reds and yellows and purples in palpable fruit-like shapes interspersed...

German propaganda film that mocks the expansion of the British colonies in South Africa, Egypt, India and Jamaica. The film is true to a more serious...

An Irish Romeo and Juliet set in 18th Century during the Penal Laws. Ends with the marriage of a Catholic aristocrat and the daughter of Protestant...

A fight occurs between two swordsmen, with grisly results.

A lyrical sketch in the style of a silent film, telling the story of an artist carrying a large, long roll of paper across the city.

Short silent animated film

A young history student goes to his uncle’s mansion to find out what caused the old man descend into madness.

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

Chicago streets.

Farm work and nature.

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.