THESE AMAZING SHADOWS
2011 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION
“Film-montages to end all film-montages.”
- John Lopez, VANITY FAIR
What do the films Casablanca, Blazing Saddles and West Side Story have in common? Besides being popular, they have also been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and listed on The National Film Registry. These Amazing Shadows, an 88-minute documentary, tells the history and importance of the Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself. The current list of 575 films includes selections from every genre - documentaries, home movies, Hollywood classics, avant-garde, newsreels and silent films. These Amazing Shadows reveals how "American movies tell us so much about ourselves... not just what we did, but what we thought, what we felt, what we aspired to, and the lies we told ourselves."
WINNER - Best Documentary-2011 Savannah International Film Festival
WINNER - Best Documentary-2011 Louisville International Film Festival
WINNER - 2011 Cine Golden Eagle Award
“Their elegantly assembled film concludes with a gorgeous stream of some of the most indelible images in 20th century screen history.”
- THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER