Ben Russell Movies

  • 2008
    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    02008HD

    An experimental ethnography recorded in the jungle village of Bendekondre, Suriname at the start of 2007. Composed of community-generated...

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
  • 2007
    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    6.62007HD

    The third part in a series of films dealing with naturally-derived psychedelia. Shot during a performance by Rhode Island noise band Lightning Bolt,...

    Black and White Trypps Number Three
  • 2014
    Pelican Radio

    Pelican Radio

    Pelican Radio

    62014HD

    A Jim Drain film

    Pelican Radio
  • 2002
    the quarry

    the quarry

    the quarry

    72002HD

    the quarry is a silent document of five minutes in the presence of the sublime. This small, quiet 16mm film serves as a testament both to...

    the quarry
  • 2006
    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    Black and White Trypps Number Two

    62006HD

    "A fine fine example of spaces between existing as objects themselves. A patternistic and memorializing offering to natural totems. Two kinds of...

    Black and White Trypps Number Two
  • 2017
    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder

    02017HD

    Through softly textured 16mm photography and regional iconography, Silva offers a modernist reflection on two of upstate New York’s most...

    Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder
  • 2009
    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)

    62009HD

    From the Maroon village of Malobi in Suriname, South America, this single-take film offers a strikingly contemporary take on a Jean Rouch classic....

    Trypps #6 (Malobi)
  • 2015
    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    02015HD

    for the installation: Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room