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filmography
INSTRUMENT
a feature length film/video about the band, Fugazi, directed by Jem
Cohen and Fugazi. 115 mins. color. stereo. March 1999.
A collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the Washington DC band,
the project covers the ten-year period from the band's inception in
1987. Far from a traditional documentary, the project is a musical document:
a portrait of musicians at work.
JEM COHEN AND PETER SILLEN
BENJAMIN SMOKE
(2000)
LOST BOOK FOUND.
36mins. Super 8/16mm/video. 1996. (first prizes include: 1998 Locarno
International Film Festival, Bonn Videonale, and the International Review
of Social Documentary Film (Florence).)
LUCKY 3.
(a portrait of Elliott Smith) 11 mins. 16mm/video. 1997.
BURIED IN LIGHT
(Central and Eastern Europe in Passing). 60 mins. super 8/video. 1994.
DRINK DEEP.
10 mins. super 8/video.1992.
BLACK HOLE RADIO.
7 mins. super 8/video. 1992.
JUST HOLD STILL.
(Short works and collaborations compiled) 35 mins. super 8/video. 1989.
THIS IS A HISTORY OF NEW YORK.
23 mins. super 8/video. 1987.
WITNESS BUTTHOLE SURFERS.
12 mins. super 8/video. 1986.
Cohen has also done film/music collaborations with musicians
including R.E.M., Jonathan Richman, Miracle Legion,
Flat Duo Jets, Gil Shaham and the Orpheus Orchestra,
Vic Chesnutt and Blonde Redhead.
see the video data bank web site here
for more information
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