Jim Finn Movies

  • 2007
    The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo

    The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo

    The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo

    52007HD

    A recreation of one day at the Canto Grande prison in Peru, following women guerrillas from the Maoist Shining Path movement in their morning marches...

    The Shining Trench of Chairman Gonzalo
  • 1999
    Sharambaba

    Sharambaba

    Sharambaba

    01999HD

    A young communist girl named Sharambaba resists her suitor in a carriage. "Marriage is like a mad dog on wood. It runs back and forth, frantic....

    Sharambaba
  • 1998
    Granada

    Granada

    Granada

    01998HD

    A flamenco version of the ethnic cleansing history of Spain 511 years later on a rooftop near downtown Chicago.

    Granada
  • 2023
    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    02023HD

    A psychedelic portrait of the founding theorist of Christianity, Paul the Apostle. His life, ideology and influence are reconstructed by piecing...

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
  • 2003
    el güero

    el güero

    el güero

    02003HD

    "A refreshing look at karaoke, psychedelic dance moves, and donuts all mashed together into a small and swinging film about a man who considers his...

    el güero
  • 2008
    The Juche Idea

    The Juche Idea

    The Juche Idea

    6.52008HD

    Jim Finn, follows a South Korean video artist in North Korea who hopes to revitalize Juche cinema, somewhat inspired by a true story of a South...

    The Juche Idea
  • 2006
    Interkosmos

    Interkosmos

    Interkosmos

    5.52006HD

    Interkosmos is a musical documentary-style film about the East German space program-a program with the energy and creativity of the Soviet arts scene...

    Interkosmos
  • 2003
    super-max

    super-max

    super-max

    5.52003HD

    Prisons step into the limelight in Jim Finn's portrait of these monstrosities photographed while passing in a vehicle.

    super-max
  • 2009
    Blind Spot

    Blind Spot

    Blind Spot

    02009HD

    A film about the ability to see the world in a different way, a way most people do not see it, while their eyesight is being filtered in the name of...

    Blind Spot
  • 2009
    Dick Cheney in a Cold, Dark Cell

    Dick Cheney in a Cold, Dark Cell

    Dick Cheney in a Cold, Dark Cell

    02009HD

    "River ice sets the scene for Judy Garland's international cri de coeur. It's hard to understate the amount of anxiety created by a Vice President...

    Dick Cheney in a Cold, Dark Cell
  • 2020
    The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant

    The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant

    The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant

    02020HD

    Numerous films deal with the American Civil War, which raged between the northern Union States and the southern Confederate States from 1861 to 1865....

    The Annotated Field Guide of Ulysses S. Grant
  • 2002
    Wüstenspringmaus

    Wüstenspringmaus

    Wüstenspringmaus

    72002HD

    A mockumentary about gerbils.

    Wüstenspringmaus
  • 2012
    Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert

    Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert

    Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert

    02012HD

    The violent overreaction to 9/11 and the revolutions of the 1960's cannot be explained only with fear and politics. Franz Hinkelammert, a German-born...

    Sunday School with Franz Hinkelammert
  • 2018
    The Drunkard's Lament

    The Drunkard's Lament

    The Drunkard's Lament

    02018HD

    A strange, epistolary and revisionist musical adaptation of Wuthering Heights written by the consumptive brother Branwell Brontë. When Branwell...

    The Drunkard's Lament
  • 2009
    Great Man and Cinema

    Great Man and Cinema

    Great Man and Cinema

    02009HD

    A modern-day faux propaganda film made in the style of North Korea’s nationalistic Juche cinema.

    Great Man and Cinema
  • 2015
    Chums from Across the Void

    Chums from Across the Void

    Chums from Across the Void

    02015HD

    Little Radek, the step-dancing Bolshevik; Machera, the Andean Robin Hood, and Maria Spiridonova, the pre-Soviet socialist assassin are your guides...

    Chums from Across the Void
  • 2003
    Decision 80

    Decision 80

    Decision 80

    02003HD

    Appropriated network-TV footage of Jimmy Carter’s "I see risk" speech from the 1980 Democratic Convention meets Reagan’s gloomy inaugural...

    Decision 80
  • 2001
    comunista!

    comunista!

    comunista!

    02001HD

    "You are invited to Jim’s party! Snake optional." — Cinematexas Festival

    comunista!