American Movies

Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Could you sit down hard on a glacier eighty feet thick - and smile? The sweet young mountain climber in this picture has her own methods for getting...

Fifty years later, and he's still rattlin' the Devil's cage. Charlie Louvin can walk through a crowded mall and not attract attention. But it...

Prince and the Revolution perform live at the Summit in Houston, TX on 12/29/1982

Discover the story of a legendary jazz guitarist and composer from Indiana. Wes Montgomery was born in Indianapolis on March 6, 1923, and rose from...

Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noel Madison and Howard Banks. When a Soviet secret...

Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A delusional man in a modern day city dresses, acts like, and has the mindset of a cowboy.

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In 1973 Yorkshire public television made a short film of the Nobel laureate while he was there. The resulting film, Take the World from Another Point...

In modern-day Jerusalem, an Arab boy and a beautiful American tourist are accidentally entrusted with a priceless coin from the age of King Herod....

Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 13th, 1918.

In 1989, I met Anton LaVey for the first time. At this time in his life, LaVey was seeing only a select few people. For this film, I've met and...

Henry Rollins is best known as the former frontman of the hardcore punk outfit Black Flag, as well as the equally hard-hitting Rollins Band. This...

Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Your War (I'm One Of You) chronicles the life and career of Chicago's Tim Kinsella, frontman of ever-shifting band Joan of Arc and '90's pioneers...

A young man joins a megachurch and struggles to speak in tongues - until the Pastor's daughter agrees to help him out.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

Concert and interview of Joan Jett and The Blackhearts during Guitar Classis Sessions