Ira Sachs Movies

  • 2012
    In Search of Avery Willard

    In Search of Avery Willard

    In Search of Avery Willard

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    In Search of Avery Willard iIlluminates the life and work of the groundbreaking, and mostly forgotten, artist Avery Willard — photographer,...

    In Search of Avery Willard
  • 2002
    Underground Zero

    Underground Zero

    Underground Zero

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    A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.

    Underground Zero
  • 2002
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

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    Made for Underground Zero: Independent Filmmakers Respond to 9/11 This short video is made up of portraits taken from the fliers posted on the...

    Untitled
  • 2002
    Get It While You Can

    Get It While You Can

    Get It While You Can

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    A portrait of the filmmaker's father, an American businessman on a quest for money and women in modern Moscow.

    Get It While You Can
  • 2019
    Before I Forget

    Before I Forget

    Before I Forget

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    In this short film Ira decided to pay tribute to another one of Strand’s filmmakers, Jacques Nolot. His film is a meditation on not only the...

    Before I Forget
  • 1970
    The Second Wife

    The Second Wife

    The Second Wife

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    The story revolves around the Christodora, an East Village apartment building that was ground zero for the AIDS crisis.

    The Second Wife
  • 2000
    10/26/00

    10/26/00

    10/26/00

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    This short video uses surveillance-type images of men standing on an anonymous street corner as the conceptual foreground for an examination of the...

    10/26/00