James Benning Movies

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Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.

"Benning's landscape works, with their meticulous, reverential compositions, have been located in the history of American realist painting and...

A filmed homage to Sam Shepard, in a single fixed frame where the treetops sway under a moving cloud cover. Orchestrated by the camera in this forest...

Composed of just four shots in which Clara McHale-Ribot, Rachel Kushner, Richard Hebdige, and Simone Forti read quietly to themselves, the film...

One-hour-documentation of James Benning's participation in the Moving Billboard project.

Stills from a trip in Cuba.

A film by James Benning

61. La Verdad Interior reveals the creative process behind TELEMUNDO [screened in the New Visions section], a collaborative film directed by James...

Filmed in Sierra Nevada, California over one day. Static and still shots of the actual landscape and environments in the area.

glory is a film about the present, about America and its history of abuse.

James Benning’s PLACE is a multi-part work that deepens the artist’s longstanding engagement with marginalized artists and creators. Over...

Presented on a computer, "Pascal's Lemma" features mathematics (diagrams, equations, questions), biographical information about Blaise Pascal, and...

The 16mm test roll for James Benning's feature-length film TEN SKIES. 74.78 is part of Mike Plante's Lunchfilm series of commissioned shorts (made...

Twenty-two minute tracking shot through campgrounds in Southern Wisconsin

Twenty-four hours in the life of a factory worker.

After having shared a common experience in Cuba, twelve filmmakers say goodbye to return to their countries and make a pact: to make a collective...

The portrait of an art institution: James Benning explores the building and grounds of the California Institute of Art. Each image creates a tension,...

"scorched earth is a film that is part of the Untitled Fragments Project. It's 60 minutes at dusk, just one shot of the burned over forest (from this...

I just a did a film with my ‘Acting Bad’ class called After Warhol, where we watched a few of the Warhol screen tests and then mimicked...