Cinema and Sanctuary (2019)

The astonishing story of the first documentary film school in the USA—The Institute of Film Techniques at The City College of New York. This groundbreaking program exposed thousands of working-class kids raised on Hollywood movies to the power of documentary film - all under the watchful eye of DADAist, pioneering experimental filmmaker and radical thinker, Hans Richter.

Cast (14)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

R

Richard J. Anobile

Self

A

Aram Boyajian

Self

S

Sheila Conrad

Self

P

Phil Gries

Self

A

Alex Hapsas

Self

Alan Heim

Self

Manfred Kirchheimer

Self

Jonas Mekas

Self

B

Bill Perlmutter

Self

E

Edward Pomerantz

Self

David Saperstein

Self

L

Lawrence Silk

Self

M

Martin Starger

Self

C

Cecile Starr

Self

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