California Movies

In this cult film, Azure St. Clair, a neurotic vampiress who is deathly allergic to blood, must protect her only source of food, the VAMPIE (a vampire...

"I especially hope to inspire young women, because I often feel like so much emphasis is put on how beautiful you are, and how thin you are, and not a...

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

This FitzPatrick's Traveltalks series short takes the viewer to various sites around California that resemble the geography, architecture, and culture...

Julius Shulman: Desert Modern focuses on Shulman's remarkable 70-year documentation of the renowned Mid-Century Modern architecture of the Palm Spring...

A filmmaker moves his family cross-country only to arrive in their new city, Redding, California, as a fire tornado rips through neighborhoods during...

Feel the rush of the breathtakingly beautiful National Parks of California with one deep breath of the summer air.

A silent documentary about the Long Beach earthquake of March 10, 1933, which had a magnitude of 6.4, causing widespread damage to buildings throughou...

A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.

This Traveltalk series short follows the route laid out by the famous chain of 21 Spanish missions, begun in 1769 and extending northward for over 500...

One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.

A documentary short telling the story of Ezekiel Wheeler, a car enthusiast working to grow the first "car culture sanctuary" in Downtown Los Angeles....

Arabella Martinez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (The San Francisco Foundation Award),was recognized for he...

A man embarks on a treasure hunt to find a new beginning.

In this surreal romance, two young lovers lose their sense of identity through the powerful, and manipulated, emotions of love.

Spring 2012 the Swedish band La Fleur Fatale embarked on a journey to and through California. During two weeks they played with legendary psych musici...

The connection between these three short films is initially indicated by their sound and music: In all three films, Lee Anne Schmitt does without dire...

A video portrait of Fremont, California and its people.

A bereaved family is targeted by a sex trafficking ring during a trip to California.