J.P. Sniadecki Movies

  • 2009
    Sweetgrass

    Sweetgrass

    Sweetgrass

    6.82009HD

    An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's...

    Sweetgrass
  • 2017
    El Mar La Mar

    El Mar La Mar

    El Mar La Mar

    8.22017HD

    An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar weaves together harrowing oral histories...

    El Mar La Mar
  • 2007
    Songhua

    Songhua

    Songhua

    02007HD

    In northeastern China the Songhua River flows west from the border of Russia to the city of Harbin, where four million people depend on it as a...

    Songhua
  • 2010
    Foreign Parts

    Foreign Parts

    Foreign Parts

    6.22010HD

    A portrayal of a hidden enclave of auto shops and junkyards fated for demolition in the shadow of a new baseball stadium in Queens. The film observes...

    Foreign Parts
  • 2013
    Yumen

    Yumen

    Yumen

    72013HD

    Set in a quasi-ghost town that once thrived with oil in China's arid northwest, Yumen is a haunting, fragmented tale of hungry souls, restless youth,...

    Yumen
  • 2012
    People's Park

    People's Park

    People's Park

    92012HD

    One long tracking shot through a park in Chengdu.

    People's Park
  • 2024
    On the Battlefield

    On the Battlefield

    On the Battlefield

    02024HD

    The first release by Little Egypt Collective stages a sound recordist reconnecting with the flat fields where once stood Pyramid Courts – the...

    On the Battlefield
  • 2014
    The Iron Ministry

    The Iron Ministry

    The Iron Ministry

    6.72014HD

    Filmed over three years on China’s railways, The Iron Ministry traces the vast interiors of a country on the move: flesh and metal, clangs and...

    The Iron Ministry
  • 2008
    Demolition

    Demolition

    Demolition

    92008HD

    "If the old doesn't go, the new never comes" recites a teenager hanging out near a demolition site in the center of Chengdu, the Sichuan capital in...

    Demolition
  • 2010
    The Yellow Bank

    The Yellow Bank

    The Yellow Bank

    72010HD

    A short documentary that captures the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, The Yellow Bank takes you on a contemplative boat ride across...

    The Yellow Bank
  • 2020
    A Shape of Things to Come

    A Shape of Things to Come

    A Shape of Things to Come

    52020HD

    A sensory and cinematic work from the Sonoran Desert in the southern US, where a man lives in a lonely pact with a brutal nature and in the shadow of...

    A Shape of Things to Come
  • 2012
    KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao

    KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao

    KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao

    02012HD

    An uncomfortable encounter between the filmmaker and the famed artist.

    KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
  • 2010
    Sichuan Triptych

    Sichuan Triptych

    Sichuan Triptych

    02010HD

    This film's three parts focus on three major events of 2008 in China: the March uprisings, the May earthquake, and the August Olympics. In Tagong,...

    Sichuan Triptych