James Hollenbaugh

A Day at the Goat Races is a sidesplitting, revolutionary, and in-depth look at this unusual American event held annually in Falmouth, Pennsylvania, in the shadows of Three Mile Island's smokestacks. The documentary film guides you through the day's activities and includes a unique cast of characters: the event's "founding fathers," vampire goats, processed meats, the mysterious ice-cream man, a Viking, an exchange student from Finland, a peculiar clown, and a tenfold increase in the goat population in Central Pennsylvania compared with any other day in the calendar.

James Hollenbaugh takes us to Animal Farm, a residence where animals are taken to die, their parts later being sold on or left to decay. The description of this site is recalled by the narration and drawings of young Sofia, whose Uncle Steve runs Animal Farm. By juxtaposing images of death and decay with Sofia’s colourful drawings and ambiguous understanding of the place, Hollenbaugh creates an uncomfortable tension between dark human reality and the optimistic worlds of children.

A collaborative Dadaist/exquisite corpse film on the theme of waste by four members of Moviate, a filmmaker-run curatorial collective based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Outsider artist Brent Brown reveals a lifetime of mental health challenges and his ability to overcome them by creating a world of cardboard puppets.

A documentary portrait, highlighting the lived experiences and creative work of four outsider artists working and living with disability in Central Pennsylvania. Artists with disability, both mental and physical, consistently face discrimination, inequity, and underexposure at both local and national levels. This film aims to de-stigmatize an underrepresented demographic of artists as it tells the four unique stories of Malcolm Corley, Adam Musser, Sybil Roe Thompson and David Nolt who create without pretension or boundaries as a means to communicate and express how art shapes and impacts their lives.

The Great North American Eclipse occurred on April 8, 2024. Some things went according to plan. Some did not.

Bryan Lewis Saunders has been creating a self-portrait every day for nearly twenty years. This short documentary examines his process and determination to create, without pretension or boundaries. Each portrait is a unique slice from Bryan's daily life exploring a wide range of emotions, desires, and fears.

For the past 20 years, New York based, self-taught artist Bill Mayer has been creating an exuberant and startling body of work that captures the gritty street life of pre-Bloomberg New York City and reimagines classical painting genres inspired by lifelong visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mayer invites us to his studio—housed inside a 200-year old hotel in Davenport New York—for an intimate look at his art as formal practice, expressive therapy and a way to create the worlds he wants to see.

A playfully sympathetic portrait of a freethinking, 83-year-old retiree who has turned his yard into a curious patchwork of strangely affective “outsider” artworks.

Susan Lowe is most well known as an actress in the early movies of filmmaker John Waters. This short portrait film focuses on Susan's life as an artist and in particular her works known as 'Nuthouse Drawings'. Sometimes thought of as painting friends, Susan started creating these works while staying at a psychiatric hospital. Serving as a way to battle her depression, fear, and loneliness, the 'Nuthouse Drawings' are a one of a kind look into the mind of one of Baltimore's most imaginative artists.