Ellen Giffard Movies

  • 1970
    Gimme Shelter

    Gimme Shelter

    Gimme Shelter

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    A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous...

    Gimme Shelter
  • 1976
    Grey Gardens

    Grey Gardens

    Grey Gardens

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    Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate....

    Grey Gardens
  • 1980
    Gilda Live

    Gilda Live

    Gilda Live

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    Gilda Radner is recorded during a live comedy concert. Radner's classic characters are seen in sketches that are sometimes more risque than when they...

    Gilda Live
  • 1988
    An Empire of Reason

    An Empire of Reason

    An Empire of Reason

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    Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use...

    An Empire of Reason
  • 1983
    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

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    This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three...

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
  • 1963
    The Chair

    The Chair

    The Chair

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    Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...

    The Chair
  • 1972
    Crush Proof

    Crush Proof

    Crush Proof

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    A young man recalls his affair with a young French woman who traveled with him across the United States. They began to drift apart during the trip,...

    Crush Proof
  • 1969
    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

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    “Songs of America” shows the two on stage, in the studio and on a concert tour across a turbulent country. Their ambitious Bridge Over...

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America
  • 1970
    Arthur Penn: The Director

    Arthur Penn: The Director

    Arthur Penn: The Director

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    A short documentary about Arthur Penn.

    Arthur Penn: The Director
  • 1974
    Christo's Valley Curtain

    Christo's Valley Curtain

    Christo's Valley Curtain

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    Oscar nominated documentary about the largest man-made curtain in the world as "sculpture".

    Christo's Valley Curtain
  • 1961
    Aga Khan

    Aga Khan

    Aga Khan

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    In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary...

    Aga Khan
  • 1976
    The Burks of Georgia

    The Burks of Georgia

    The Burks of Georgia

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    The Maysles profile a poor white Georgian family struggling to survive with the realities of thirteen children.

    The Burks of Georgia
  • 1970
    A Nice Kid Like You

    A Nice Kid Like You

    A Nice Kid Like You

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    Documentary about East Coast college students' candid views on drug use, sex, politics, parents, faculty, curriculum, and peer group relationships.

    A Nice Kid Like You
  • 1990
    The Crash of 1929

    The Crash of 1929

    The Crash of 1929

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    Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there...

    The Crash of 1929
  • 1970
    L*I*G*H*T

    L*I*G*H*T

    L*I*G*H*T

    01970HD

    In its brief fifteen minutes, this illuminating film cleverly presents the history of light, from Genesis to Thomas Edison's invention of the light...

    L*I*G*H*T