*MIDWEST EMMY® NOMINATION (2008) Outstanding Contemporary Documentary Experience THE ARTSIDERS®, the groundbreaking documentary exploration of artistic life. Presented by award-winning filmmaker Chris Olsen, THE ARTSIDERS® explores the “art of making art” through intimate…
The Mystery of George Masa details the life of Masaharu Iizuka, (AKA George Masa) a Japanese immigrant who came to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in 1915, where he focused his camera and his passions on preserving the beauty of the wilderness he discovered. Eighteen years after…
The thoughts and images from a single day in the life of a classic American scene. “An ode to the essential spirit of fishing.” “Why do we spend so much time doing everything else, when we could be doing this?” This short form documentary follows fishermen at the Oak…
Caribou Bones (1995) A documentary by Paul Bonesteel “What is true wilderness? I don’t know if I‘ve ever really been there. But I do know that this trip seems to have a gravity all its own. There is something undefinable that has brought us here, to a river, two hundred miles north…
The Adventures of Johny Utah; River Stories from a Different Point of View When released in 1997 The Adventures of Johny Utah became an immediate kayaking cult-classic, taking the genre into a surreal merger of documentary filmmaking and narrative storytelling. A decade and a half ahead of the GoPro…
Essential Boat Control was created with the intention of teaching paddling techniques and strategies for intermediate to expert paddlers. The film expresses the importance of whitewater kayaking elements including balance, speed and direction control. The foundation of solid boating skills are highlighted…
Travels with Claude (1995) -The music and ideas of folk singer Robert Hoyt In his fourth full length film, Paul Bonesteel documented Earth Week 1995, profiling folk singer and environmental activist, Robert Hoyt. In a journey that takes Robert and his orange tabby, Claude, from Chicago to Detroit…
DREAMS AND DESPAIR (1998) Photographer Bobby Abrahamson’s personal and introspective journey through the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. As a documentary still photographer Bobby Abrahamson envisioned the Olympic Games descending on his native Atlanta as the event he was born to capture.…
A three part mini-series showing the development of German industrial might throughout the 20th century and how Germany became a central foe of Western powers in the world wars that dominated the first half of 20th century life. This series takes the viewer back to the early days of German industrial…
FORMAT FRANKFURT (English version) A documentary about the city of Frankfurt and its people. Original German version available here / Deutsche Originalversion hier verfügbar: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/frankfurt Frankfurt through the eyes of its people shows the documentary "Format…
A three part mini-series showing the development of German industrial might throughout the 20th century and how Germany became a central foe of Western powers in the world wars that dominated the first half of 20th century life. This series takes the viewer back to the early days of German industrial…
Set in South Philadelphia, A Rose on Ninth Street, deals with police corruption, crime, loyalty, drugs, romance, love, forgiveness, and redemption. Bob O'Conner is faced with the biggest decision of his life when he falls in love with the beautiful daughter of his boss's enemy
