All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story SummaryCredits 1982 / 87 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood Featuring: Eartha Kitt, Kitt McDonald, Allison Smith, Carmen de Lavallade, Ed Koch, Geoffrey Holder, Joan Fontaine, Joyce Hauser, Michael Smith, Wayland Picard,...
Aznavour: Breaking America SummaryCredits 1984 / 85 min. / color Directed by Christian Blackwood Featuring: Charles Aznavour, Claude Lelouch, Edith Piaf, Ula Thorsell, Georges Garvarentz, Ron Delsener, Warren Dewey, Phillippe Rault Filmed in 1983, Aznavour: Breaking...
Edith Head SummaryCredits 1981 / 28 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood and Charlotte Kerr A light-hearted, toe-tapping portrait of the well-known 8 Oscar winning Hollywood costume designer filmed in her opulent house and garden. She presents some of her...
Hollywood’s Musical Moods SummaryCredits 1972 / 52 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood “Hollywood’s Musical Moods” is a documentary about the composers who created the musical backgrounds for the movies of Hollywood’s “golden age” 1933-1956. When the...
Juilliard SummaryCredits 1971 / 52 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood A visit in 1971 to the classrooms of the Juilliard School, the prominent music academy, introducing some of the gifted students and many of the brilliant faculty including: Paul Mann, Peter...
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush SummaryCredits 1980 / 46 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In August 1977, the Brooklyn Kings, one of five “Wonder Theaters” in the New York area, closed its doors and became property of the City due to unpaid...
Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis SummaryCredits 1986 / 54 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In 1985 Christian Blackwood embarked on a documentary project about his landlords and neighbors at 115 Bank Street in Manhattan, Alwin...
Roger Corman: Hollywood’s Wild Angel SummaryCredits 1978 / 57 min. / color Directed by Christian Blackwood Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Peter Fonda, David Carradine, Paul Bartel, Allen Arkush, Joe Dante, Peter Bogdanovich Known as “The B-Movie King”,...
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera SummaryCredits 1981 / 20 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood “White Dog” was a much discussed and controversial film directed by Sam Fuller in 1981, based on a novel by Romain Gary. Its theme is American racism. The central...
Signed: Lino Brocka SummaryCredits 1987 / 83 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In 1970, Filipino film director and political activist Lino Brocka won an award for best screenplay at the Manila Film Festival, for the very first film he ever directed –...
Summer in the City SummaryCredits 1969 / 89 min. / b&w / German with English subtitlesDirected by Christian Blackwood and Robert Leacock Written by Uwe Johnson The distinguished German writer Uwe Johnson (1934-1984) lived for several years in the 1960s on...
Tapdancin’ SummaryCredits 1980 / 58 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood In a highly entertaining overview of an authentic American art form, Christian Blackwood’s Tapdancin’ shows how the triumphs and defeats of many great dancers from the past were mingled...
Yesterday’s Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel SummaryCredits 1974 / 54 min. / colorDirected by Christian Blackwood Dr. Raymond Fielding the outstanding historian of the newsreels acted as consultant to Christian Blackwood for his documentary. Ray Fielding...
