Faith Hubley

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Independent filmmakers are given a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station.

The story of life on Earth from the formation of the solar system to the evolution of the first multi-celled creatures.

Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration.

Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Two little girls muse on marriage and babies, love and death as they create and act out plays in their backyard. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2006.

Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.

The dance floor of a cruise ship. As each passenger is chosen, they choose a song on the jukebox and dance to it. But one passenger, playing a joke on another, selects a different song first. He keeps choosing that song, and eventually fills the jukebox with coins. It plays the same song over and over, and everyone is compelled to dance with the ship itself getting sick, while the man who was the brunt of the joke escapes in a rowboat.

John and Faith Hubley combined animation with the voices of their preschool daughters Georgia and Emily to make this award-winning short (New York Animation Festival), similar in concept to their earlier work "Moonbird".

Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.

Witch Madness depicts a neglected chapter of human history: Europe’s three centuries of fanatical witchhunts, which resulted in the genocide of perhaps as many as two million women. But ultimately, the film communicates a message of love and hope.

The spirits of life and death go for a drive in this darkly humorous fantasia featuring an original score by Quincy Jones.

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation between individuals and nations.

Life drums the playfulness out of a boy as he grows up.

African art is the inspiration for this lyrical poem of praise.

A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.

Reviews the evidence supporting the assertion of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Reveals some research techniques in this field.

Inspired by Australian Aboriginal art and mythology, Sunwoman wakes up the Earth. A human male gives birth to bandicoots and babies.

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.