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Penny Lane

Penny Lane

Penny Lane is an award-winning nonfiction filmmaker who was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2012.

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Movies Made By Penny Lane (25)

Dis-Ease (2024)

DIS-EASE is a feature-length documentary about how we imagine disease, and how that affects what we do when we encounter illness, outbreaks, doctors, treatments, and disability in real life. It dives deep into the weird, wild archives of medical imaging, p ...

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Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)

Director Penny Lane's decision to become a "good Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism. "Confessions of a Good Samaritan" is a provocative inquiry into the sc ...

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Time Bomb Y2K (2023)

As the clock counted down to the the 21st century, the world faced a potential technological disaster: a bug that could cause computers to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900. Crafted entirely from archival footage and featuring first-hand accounts from com ...

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Listening to Kenny G (2021)

A humorous but incisive look at the saxophonist Kenny G, the best-selling instrumental artist of all time, and quite possibly one of the most famous living musicians. ...

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Hail Satan? (2019)

The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society. ...

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Watching the Pain of Others (2019)

In this deeply personal video diary, a young researcher tries to make sense of her fascination for the film "The Pain of Others" by Penny Lane. A deep dive into the discomforting world of YouTube and online conspiracies, that challenges traditional notions ...

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The Pleasure Principle (2019)

A silent short film commission for New York City's legendary Film Forum. Jeremy Bentham is considered the founder of utilitarianism, the moral philosophy which says the best actions are those which provide the most pleasure to the greatest number of peopl ...

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Normal Appearances (2018)

"Women watch themselves being looked at. ...

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Nellie Bly Makes the News (2018)

An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote. Examining boundaries between reporting and storytelling, it creates a dynamic portrait of a woman who refused to acc ...

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The Pain of Others (2018)

Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, say they have it. But the mainstream medical community says Morgellons is not a disease at all, but a delusion propagated and reinforced by social media. "It's all in your head," they say. The Pain of Other ...

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Just Add Water: The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (2016)

The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys is the colourful and surprising true story of a man named Harold von Braunhut; a man who could look at the humblest of creatures – the brine shrimp – and imagine an empire built upon it. Breezy, colourful short ...

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Nuts! (2016)

The true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a small-town Kansas doctor who discovers in 1917 that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. And that's just the tipping point in this stranger-than-fiction tale. With the balls of a P.T. Ba ...

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Our Nixon (2013)

Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency. ...

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How to Write an Autobiogaphy (2010)

This video will teach you how to write your own autobiography, with examples from the narrator's life. ...

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The Voyagers (2010)

In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Together and alone, they will travel until the end of the universe. Each spacecraft carries a golden record album, a massive compilation of images and sou ...

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The Commoners (2009)

In 1890, one man had the idea to collect every bird ever mentioned in Shakespeare and release them into Central Park. The only bird to survive in the New World was the European starling, which became one of the most common birds in North America. Its intro ...

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Nobody listens to a hysterical woman (2009)

Jesse Stiles and I wanted to make a one minute horror movie one night. Here it is! ...

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Sometimes I get lossy (2009)

This is what happens when you spend all your time in front of a computer. Beware, childrens!!! ...

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The Wren (2008)

A little essay about certain qualities shared by Emily Dickinson and Troglodytes troglodytes (the winter wren). A spontaneous collaboration by two women on opposite coasts searching for elusive things. ...

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Sittin' on a Million (2008)

The sometimes-true story of Mame Faye, who ran a world famous house of prostitution in Troy, New York for almost forty years (c. 1906 to 1941). Despite being snubbed by official historians, everyone past the age of retirement has a story – funny, sordid, ...

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Men Seeking Women (2007)

A random survey of personal ads one night on Craigslist opens up performative possibilities for a corporate tool. ...

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She Used to See Him Most Weekends (2007)

A short story about growing up, a certain love song, and the apocryphal memories of childhood. Simple animations create a picture book whose story is scrambled by time and loss. ...

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The Abortion Diaries (2005)

The Abortion Diaries is a documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. The women are doctors, subway workers, artists, activists, military personnel, teachers and students; they are Black, Latina, Jewish and Whit ...

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We Are the Littletons: A True Story (2004)

We Are The Littletons presents a tangled web of found objects, intercepted correspondences, reenactments and total fabrications centered around Eve Littleton, an artist with "movie star good looks" who was mysteriously banished from her postcard-perfect Am ...

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Connect (2002)

Such encounters are extremely rare and can last for perhaps a few seconds. The resulting light and heat, however, can exist in a residual state for eons. This produces in the seeker a kind of agitated euphoria similar to that of the stargazer. https://vim ...

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Movies Starring Penny Lane (5)

Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023)

Director Penny Lane's decision to become a "good Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to understand the nature of altruism. "Confessions of a Good Samaritan" is a provocative inquiry into the sc ...

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Hail Satan? (2019)

The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society. ...

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Watching the Pain of Others (2019)

In this deeply personal video diary, a young researcher tries to make sense of her fascination for the film "The Pain of Others" by Penny Lane. A deep dive into the discomforting world of YouTube and online conspiracies, that challenges traditional notions ...

Watch Now

Just Add Water: The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys (2016)

The Story of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys is the colourful and surprising true story of a man named Harold von Braunhut; a man who could look at the humblest of creatures – the brine shrimp – and imagine an empire built upon it. Breezy, colourful short ...

Watch Now

We Are the Littletons: A True Story (2004)

We Are The Littletons presents a tangled web of found objects, intercepted correspondences, reenactments and total fabrications centered around Eve Littleton, an artist with "movie star good looks" who was mysteriously banished from her postcard-perfect Am ...

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