Nathaniel Dorsky Movies

  • 1976
    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

    Revenge of the Cheerleaders

    4.4861976HD

    There's shakin', quakin' and plenty of booty to be enjoyed when the perky gals from Aloha High School shimmy their groove things in this red-hot...

    Revenge of the Cheerleaders
  • 1995
    Black Sheep Boy

    Black Sheep Boy

    Black Sheep Boy

    6.21995HD

    The psychological and emotional motivations of gay sexual fetish, especially relating to gay male teens maturing into men and their sexual exploits.

    Black Sheep Boy
  • 1977
    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    4.81977HD

    More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the camera about being gay or lesbian. Their stories are arranged...

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives
  • 2024
    Dreams Reveal a Weightless World

    Dreams Reveal a Weightless World

    Dreams Reveal a Weightless World

    02024HD

    Ossuary was made up of the Kodachrome outs and trims from more than a decade of shooting and making films in Kodachrome. This new film, Dreams Reveal...

    Dreams Reveal a Weightless World
  • 1998
    Variations

    Variations

    Variations

    6.81998HD

    Variations is a 1998 American short silent avant-garde film directed by Nathaniel Dorsky. It is the second film in a set of "Four Cinematic Songs,"...

    Variations
  • 1989
    Rembrandt Laughing

    Rembrandt Laughing

    Rembrandt Laughing

    4.71989HD

    This film is a portrait of the passage of one year in the lives of some San Francisco friends, circa 1988 (before the dot.coming of the city), a slow...

    Rembrandt Laughing
  • 1986
    What Happened to Kerouac?

    What Happened to Kerouac?

    What Happened to Kerouac?

    5.71986HD

    An investigation of the king of the Beat Generation.

    What Happened to Kerouac?
  • 2000
    Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles

    Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles

    Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles

    6.22000HD

    Before he impressed the literary world with his books, author Paul Bowles was a music composer, collaborating with the likes of Aaron Copland and...

    Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
  • 1982
    Hours for Jerome

    Hours for Jerome

    Hours for Jerome

    7.751982HD

    The recording of the daily events of Dorsky and his partner, artist Jerome Hiler, around Lake Owassa in New Jersey and in Manhattan. The two parts of...

    Hours for Jerome
  • 1967
    Abstraction

    Abstraction

    Abstraction

    01967HD

    Short film presented by the American Federation of Arts about the physics and characteristics of abstraction. Distorting physical items from science,...

    Abstraction
  • 2004
    Threnody

    Threnody

    Threnody

    62004HD

    Threnody is a somber but luminous progression through a delicate articulation of earthly phenomena… an offering to a friend who died. It is...

    Threnody
  • 2006
    Song and Solitude

    Song and Solitude

    Song and Solitude

    6.32006HD

    Conceived and photographed with the loving collaboration of Susan Vigil during the last year of her life, Song and Solitude is balanced more toward...

    Song and Solitude
  • 2012
    August and After

    August and After

    August and After

    5.52012HD

    After a lifetime, two mutual friends, George Kuchar and Carla Liss, passed away during the same period of time.

    August and After
  • 2010
    Aubade

    Aubade

    Aubade

    62010HD

    An aubade is a poem or morning song evoking the first rays of the sun at daybreak. Often, it includes the atmosphere of lovers parting. This film is...

    Aubade
  • 1987
    Alaya

    Alaya

    Alaya

    81987HD

    Sand, wind, and light intermingle with the emulsions. The viewer is the star.

    Alaya
  • 2023
    O Death

    O Death

    O Death

    02023HD

    In the spirit of the times and my own growing older, a brief tip of the hat… (Nathaniel Dorsky)

    O Death
  • 2019
    Apricity

    Apricity

    Apricity

    72019HD

    A dedication to Jane Wodening and an ode to the winter sun.

    Apricity
  • 2013
    Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park

    Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park

    Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park

    72013HD

    Often I go out shooting with my Bolex in the park’s Arboretum. During the autumn and winter of 2003/2004 I would more than likely run into...

    Kodachrome Carl Rakosi in Golden Gate Park
  • 2012
    New Shores

    New Shores

    New Shores

    82012HD

    NEW SHORES is a sister film to IN THE STONE HOUSE in many ways. Like the latter film, it consists of earlier footage edited in recent years. It could...

    New Shores
  • 2011
    The Return

    The Return

    The Return

    72011HD

    Like a memory already gone, this place of life.

    The Return