Movies: Godfrey Reggio

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and...

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence....

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them....

A Californian backpacker travels to Buenos Aires to pay homage to the Argentine pirate who conquered his hometown of Monterey in 1818. Along the way, he becomes entangled in a polyamorous relationship with a gang of young actors who plot to kidnap th...

From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience. Shot in rich black and white Godfrey Reggio's latest film finds the full spectrum of emotion in human faces, gorgeous...

A documentary film exploring humanity's relationship with technology and with the natural world. Shot over a 5-year period in more than 30 countries, the film pioneers new timelapse, time-dilation, underwater, and aerial cinematography techniques to ...

Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with...

Once Within a Time is an anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music. This multidisciplinary work shows us life on Earth as humanity clashes with the five fundamental elements—earth, air, water, fire, and mone...

Scott Hicks documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as he interacts with a number of friends and collaborators, who include Chuck Close, Ravi Shankar, and Martin Scorsese....

A haunting look at children watching television....

The brutal impact of climate change drives this beautiful, intense documentary; as sea levels rise, the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati faces predictions that it will be uninhabitable by 2030. Oceania weaves breathtaking natural footage with the st...

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass discuss their films "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and "Naqoyqatsi" (2002)....

A documentary about the production of Godfrey Reggio's "Once Within a Time"....

Described as a fairy tale for the young and young at heart, focused on the forging of a new culture in a world threatened by ecological collapse and unprecedented technological transformation...

Four charming and articulate Filipino men illuminate some issues and concerns as gay people of color in San Francisco in this early depiction of coming out stories. These brave men share personal perspectives on family, cultural heritage and racial s...

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass talk about their 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi."...

Journalist V. B. Price interviews director Godfrey Reggio about his vision for "The Qatsi Trilogy", fourteen years before its completion....