Robert Frank Movies

  • 1989
    Run

    Run

    Run

    01989HD

    Jonathan Demme wrote that “Robert Frank’s very short film Run, set to New Order’s tune of the same name, remains one of the most...

    Run
  • 1970
    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

    01970HD

    Billboards and American flags and pinball machines, empty corridors and bustling classrooms, the clowning faces of the students at Reed...

    Untitled 1971
  • 1971
    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    71971HD

    Produced in 1969, this was Frank’s first autobiographical film, telling the story of a father’s relationship with his two teenaged...

    Conversations in Vermont
  • 1972
    About Us

    About Us

    About Us

    01972HD

    In Fall of 1971, artist Robert Frank came to Rochester, NY to conduct a course on filmmaking at the recently established alternative art school,...

    About Us
  • 1980
    Life Dances On...

    Life Dances On...

    Life Dances On...

    01980HD

    Life Dances On is Robert Frank’s most personal and emotional work because it deals directly with his family and close friends. The film is...

    Life Dances On...
  • 1984
    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    01984HD

    Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences...

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
  • 1989
    Hunter

    Hunter

    Hunter

    01989HD

    In the words of Robert Frank, Hunter is about “. . . a man whose destiny is not to find a destination. . . . A man who fears that he will never...

    Hunter
  • 2009
    Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age

    Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age

    Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age

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    Alfred Leslie is a pivotal American artist-painter-filmmaker whose work spans the past fifty years. A contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists and...

    Alfred Leslie: Cool Man In A Golden Age
  • 1996
    The Present

    The Present

    The Present

    4.61996HD

    Simple objects, photographs, and events prompt Frank to self-conscious rumination. From his homes in New York and Nova Scotia and on visits to...

    The Present
  • 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    02024HD

    After Robert Frank’s death in 2019, film canisters and video tapes were discovered in storage places, containing footage of Frank’s...

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
  • 1972
    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    01972HD

    In the early 1970s Robert Frank and the Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka led a workshop at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where students...

    This Is a Film About
  • 2002
    Paper Route

    Paper Route

    Paper Route

    02002HD

    In a simple, sensitive and entertaining video film, Robert Frank accompanies his local newspaper delivery boy during his morning round one chilly...

    Paper Route
  • 2000
    Fragments

    Fragments

    Fragments

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    Fragments originated as a film installation that was projected onto a hanging screen as part of the 2000 exhibition Hold Still, Keep Going at the...

    Fragments
  • 1971
    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

    51971HD

    A Musical Set in New York City

    About Me: A Musical
  • 2004
    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    62004HD

    A documentary on the photographer Robert Frank.

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
  • 2015
    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    02015HD

    Life Goes On
  • 1999
    Second Century

    Second Century

    Second Century

    51999HD

    A small film crew goes through several locations including Europe, New York and Mexico.

    Second Century
  • 1963
    O.K. End Here

    O.K. End Here

    O.K. End Here

    5.51963HD

    O.K. End Here is Frank’s 1963 short film about inertia in a modern relationship. The film alternates between semidocumentary scenes and shots...

    O.K. End Here
  • 2008
    Fernando

    Fernando

    Fernando

    02008HD

    Robert Frank cared deeply about his friends and family, dedicating many of his photographs and films to them. This, the last video he completed in...

    Fernando
  • 2022
    June and Robert Kara and Me

    June and Robert Kara and Me

    June and Robert Kara and Me

    02022HD

    "In the summer of 2019 Kara [Walker] and I took our second and final visit to see Robert Frank and June Leaf at their place in Mabou, Nova Scotia....

    June and Robert Kara and Me