Boogie Woogie

Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young age, Suzuko loved to sing and dance, and joined the Umemaru Girls Opera Company (USK) in Dotonbori. Suzuko continued to show her talent for singing and eventually became a star of the postwar era.

In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his assistants, Beth, is sleeping with Art's most acquisitive client, Bob Macclestone. Beth wants Bob to set her up in her own gallery, so she helps him go behind Art's back for the Mondrian. Bob's wife, Jean, sets her eye on a young conceptual artist, Jo, who lusts after Art's newest assistant, Paige. Meanwhile, self-absorbed videographer Elaine is chewing her way through friends and lovers looking to make it: if she'll throw Dewey, her agent, under the bus, Beth may give her a show. And the Mondrian? No honor among thieves.

In summer 2011, James Benning returned to his hometown of Milwaukee to make a third version of his seminal 1977 film 'One Way Boogie Woogie'. In 1977 he filmed 60 locations in Milwaukee’s industrial valley each for 60 seconds, creating short, minimal, playful narratives. In 2004 he remade the film as Twenty Seven Years Later, with the same 60 camera positions. This 2012 installation version, presents 18 locations similar to, and reminiscent of, the original.

A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.

About a son who, in his father’s folder of negatives, finds love, despair and reconciliation with a painful memory. The father’s suicide and the great emptiness that followed. A journey among the 3000 negatives that the father left behind him. He was a very good photographer. Among the negatives Eric finds a self portrait, a picture of the other dad. A man that looks afraid. A man that barely dares to look into the camera. What was it he was was afraid of?

Boogie Woogie was an Indian Television dance show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television. Debuting in 1995, the show is hosted by Indian film and television personalities, Naved Jaffrey and Ravi Behl, who are also the producers and creators of the show. Javed Jaffrey appears as the permanent celebrity judge. The show was relaunched by Sony Entertainment Television in 2003. It has become the longest lasting dance show in India.

Short animation movie by Valerie Swanson on Charley Booker's song "Charley's Boogie Woogie"

Sixty one-minute shots with no camera movement. This tension between painterly and cinematic space is not only experienced as an intellectual contrast but is also felt as a dialectic between permanence and impermanence.

A group of indians are dancing in boogie-woogie style. Immeadiatly comes the rain but the indians are still singing.

After hours at a nightclub, the hired help have a jam session, which proves to be just what a couple of belated customers wanted to hear.

This compilation of live boogie-woogie performances features an all-star lineup of renowned musicians and singers, including Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Lena Horne, Harry Gibson and Maurice Rocco. Songs include "Roll 'Em," "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," "Boardwalk Boogie," "Backstage Blues," "Adventures in Boogie Woogie," "Boogie Woogie Upstairs," "Martha's Boogie," "Low Down Dog" and more.

Soundie short featuring Robert Crum performing on the piano

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early.

In 2010, Bangkok erupted in violence with protesters from both the Left and Right, battling the military in the streets. The main weapon on both sides was the tire, both as a barricade and as improvised Molotov cocktail, rolled instead of thrown.

The burka is not only an item of clothing, but has also become a symbol for the reprehensible nature of the orthodox Islamic faith: anonymity, submission and oppression of women. In this short graphic dance film, however, the burka has a life of its own and plays with fear of Islam.

Animated film in which a cat chases a mouse from Earth to Heaven and Hell then back to Earth.

A 10-minute performance film featuring famous songstress Hadda Brooks, accompanying herself on the piano.

Hot Breath Harry is a hot trumpeter at a jazz club. He finds himself drafted into the Army, where he's assigned to be the bugler of an African-American company. But everyone hates the bugler, because he blows reveille at the ungodly hour of 5 AM sharp.

One half filmed in 1977, one half filmed 27 years later.