William Raban Movies

  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    71997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1975
    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    01975HD

    Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre
  • 1974
    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    01974HD

    "Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé
  • 1986
    Thames Film

    Thames Film

    Thames Film

    01986HD

    Experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea.

    Thames Film
  • 1991
    From 60 Degrees North

    From 60 Degrees North

    From 60 Degrees North

    01991HD

    Commissioned by Channel 4 Television, "From 60 Degrees North" dispels the myth of the sinking of the Spanish Armada. Using records from the Spanish...

    From 60 Degrees North
  • 1977
    Wave Formations

    Wave Formations

    Wave Formations

    01977HD

    Part One: Variation in Density a)The picture on each of the five screens is identical, seven second fades from black, through clear, to black again....

    Wave Formations
  • 1974
    Footsteps

    Footsteps

    Footsteps

    01974HD

    Footsteps is in the manner of a game re-enacted, the game in making was between the camera and actor,the actor and cameraman, and one hundred feet of...

    Footsteps
  • 2019
    Lakakigar

    Lakakigar

    Lakakigar

    02019HD

    With the threat of nuclear conflict between North Korea and America comes the realization that the blast effects of a nuclear strike would be...

    Lakakigar
  • 1998
    Beating the bridges

    Beating the bridges

    Beating the bridges

    01998HD

    Beating the bridges
  • 2014
    72-82

    72-82

    72-82

    02014HD

    72-82 tells the story of the first ten years of Acme Studios and their ground breaking work providing artists' housing and studios in London. It also...

    72-82
  • 2013
    Time and the Wave

    Time and the Wave

    Time and the Wave

    02013HD

    The paradox of the present as a time that cannot be reflected upon until it has already become past, seems consistent with the idea of thinking about...

    Time and the Wave
  • 1978
    Fergus Walking

    Fergus Walking

    Fergus Walking

    01978HD

    Directed by William Raban.

    Fergus Walking
  • 2011
    The Houseless Shadow

    The Houseless Shadow

    The Houseless Shadow

    02011HD

    A documentary/art film inspired by the Charles Dickens essay "Night Walks."

    The Houseless Shadow
  • 1972
    River Yar

    River Yar

    River Yar

    8.51972HD

    A camera recorded one frame every minute (day and night) for two separate three-week periods in autumn and spring. The film is shown on two adjacent...

    River Yar
  • 2004
    MM

    MM

    MM

    4.52004HD

    Documentary about architectural structures in the UK.

    MM
  • 1972
    Colours of this Time

    Colours of this Time

    Colours of this Time

    01972HD

    Whilst working on previous time-lapse films, I found that colour film tended to record the actual colour of the light source rather than local colour...

    Colours of this Time
  • 2004
    Civil Disobedience

    Civil Disobedience

    Civil Disobedience

    02004HD

    A rapid time-lapse journey from the London Houses of Parliament to the English Channel near the port of Dover is offset by David Cunningham’s...

    Civil Disobedience
  • 1970
    Confessions

    Confessions

    Confessions

    01970HD

    Confessions
  • 1994
    A. 13

    A. 13

    A. 13

    01994HD

    Documentary about the surroundings of a skyscraper in London.

    A. 13