Fifth Column Films

DOCUMENTARIES

As filmmakers it often seems to us that the most complete way of explaining observations of life is with a camera. Documentary films allow the audience to get a more complete understanding of the story they’re hearing by experiencing the sights, sounds and personalities that otherwise would be confined to words on a page. Now there are more and more narrative directors making documentaries, including Martin Scorcese with his Bob Dylan series and Spike Lee’s Katrina film. We’re happy to contribute to the trend.

Click the pictures below to check out some of our short documentaries.

	GLOBAL BEAT FUSION \| This teaser video is being used to raise funds for a feature length documentary based on Global Beat Fusion, the book by author and DJ Derek Beres.
	CAM \| Delve into the colorful world of Craig Anthony Miller in this short documentary. Miller is an artist and graphic designer who's paintings combine heavy line work similar to the Aztecs with huge, vivid colors, all combined into vaguely African characters for art that is as hard to forget as it is to define. Running Time: 7 minutes
	LARO: THE LIFE \| Laro is an underground hip-hop phenom, rapping like a gangster and singing like a pimp. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, this short documentary examines his life, his times and his ryhmes as Laro busts his ass trying to make it. Running Time: 6 minutes
	NYC ANTI-WAR PROTEST 2.15.03 \| Anti-war organizers came together all across the world to protest the coming war in Iraq on this chaotic day, creating what was possibly the defining moment for a new generation of political activists. We shot the parade from it's peaceful beginnings to the madness created when the police showed up through the open defiance, as people of all kinds spoke out about the newest round of oil wars. Set to the soothing sounds of Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name Of." Running Time: 6 minutes
	LUDWIG ANTON \| (In the Works) Step inside the world of artiste Ludwig Anton a/k/a Ludwig Satan as he entrances and delights you with his creations of paint, time, emotion and perspective. Ludwig is a suit-and-tie paralegal by day, but by night he's more of the last true Romanian depressive. Though he's hardly a vampire, Ludwig does prefer to work at night, hermited in his suburban New Jersey apartment, eating at his own heart as he desperately attempts to create a single piece of art that will rise above even his strict standards and define his life for all of uncaring eternity. Running Time: 60 minutes

	GLOBAL BEAT FUSION \| This teaser video is being used to raise funds for a feature length documentary based on Global Beat Fusion, the book by author and DJ Derek Beres.
	CAM \| Delve into the colorful world of Craig Anthony Miller in this short documentary. Miller is an artist and graphic designer who's paintings combine heavy line work similar to the Aztecs with huge, vivid colors, all combined into vaguely African characters for art that is as hard to forget as it is to define. Running Time: 7 minutes
	LARO: THE LIFE \| Laro is an underground hip-hop phenom, rapping like a gangster and singing like a pimp. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, this short documentary examines his life, his times and his ryhmes as Laro busts his ass trying to make it. Running Time: 6 minutes
	NYC ANTI-WAR PROTEST 2.15.03 \| Anti-war organizers came together all across the world to protest the coming war in Iraq on this chaotic day, creating what was possibly the defining moment for a new generation of political activists. We shot the parade from it's peaceful beginnings to the madness created when the police showed up through the open defiance, as people of all kinds spoke out about the newest round of oil wars. Set to the soothing sounds of Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name Of." Running Time: 6 minutes
	LUDWIG ANTON \| (In the Works) Step inside the world of artiste Ludwig Anton a/k/a Ludwig Satan as he entrances and delights you with his creations of paint, time, emotion and perspective. Ludwig is a suit-and-tie paralegal by day, but by night he's more of the last true Romanian depressive. Though he's hardly a vampire, Ludwig does prefer to work at night, hermited in his suburban New Jersey apartment, eating at his own heart as he desperately attempts to create a single piece of art that will rise above even his strict standards and define his life for all of uncaring eternity. Running Time: 60 minutes