01 Sep 1931
Study No. 8
An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger
African American Express
Black Consumerism 100% Guaranteed Or Your Money Back
African American Express is an abstract animation exploring the impact of consumerism in the Black community. Told in the style of Soviet Propaganda, this animated short dissects the pattern of excessive materialism and consumption prevalent within the Black population.
Top Billed Cast
Bri Bobbey Magassy M’bow Chelsea Cuffy
Similar movies
Study No. 8 Study No. 8 Events Meant to Be Forgotten 
Events Meant to Be Forgotten 10 Jun 2020
Events Meant to Be Forgotten
Filmed on 16mm film, this visual expression is rooted in its archival materials and backed up by the poem by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It speaks of the forgotten people, their lives and their deeds. These two Archives have been found on the flea market in Zagreb. One is of a famous architect and the other one is of a famous composer. This film ponders on this occurrence, on the vanishing of and forgetfulness of humans.
Centipede 
Centipede 01 Jan 1967
Centipede
Short experimental animation by Jules Engel
Swan 
Swan 01 Jan 1975
Swan
A short experimental animation by Jules Engel
Perf Dance 
Perf Dance 19 Aug 2022
Perf Dance
A visual reinterpretation of dance and animated found footage.
undressed 
undressed 17 Sep 2019
undressed
No overview found
OCCHIO 
OCCHIO 10 Sep 2024
OCCHIO
An important sensory organ, the eye, is damaged. The exhausting healing process takes us on an inner journey full of pain, fragility and mental unrest, in which even superstition and witchcraft seem to have an influence on recovery.
ACT III 
ACT III 20 Jun 1983
ACT III
Abstract video art set to the music of Philip Glass.
Voyage 
Voyage 12 Jan 1981
Voyage
An NTSC space opera.
Kitsch in Synch 
Kitsch in Synch 01 Jan 1975
Kitsch in Synch
An abstract animation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the iotaCenter, in 2007.
Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams 
Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams 01 Jan 2017
Metamorphous: Mountains and Streams
Man often yearns of a past more innocent and pure. This film disregards that sentimentality and depicts a constant, permanent transformation of the landscape of mountains and rivers. A beautiful and intense image poem made from thousands of pencil drawings.
Shapes and Gestures 
Shapes and Gestures 17 Mar 1977
Shapes and Gestures
Begins as a whimsical piece with 'sheets' of lines running down the screen, progressing into more and more complex geometic patterns but without deviating from the basic precepts of 'dot and line' animation. Jazz piano on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and a spring color palette. -- Stephanie Sapienza. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
Gemini 
Gemini 02 Oct 2024
Gemini
Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia that something is wrong with them. Sarah's paranoia bleeds into her social life, and her two cats have their dreams come true.
Luminare 
Luminare 02 May 1986
Luminare
Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.
O/S 
O/S 13 Oct 2023
O/S
Taking inspiration from 20th-century avant-garde experiments in graphical sound generation, the entire image in O/S functions as an optical soundtrack. Abstract motion becomes sound.
Study No. 9 Study No. 9 01 Dec 1931
Study No. 9
An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger
Ghost Town 
Ghost Town 05 Dec 2023
Ghost Town
Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.
Experimental Clicks 
Experimental Clicks 14 Aug 2021
Experimental Clicks
No overview found
Minuet Minuet 01 Jan 2003
Minuet
An essay in colour harmonics and visual overtones. Conceived and produced as part of the Images Film Festival's Minute Movies.
Cameras Take Five Cameras Take Five 01 Jan 2003
Cameras Take Five
The enduring romance of the lines. A visual exploration of Dave Brubeck's jazz classic "Take Five".