California Movies

At the beginning of the Civil War, Benjamin Eaton brings his upper-class bride, Alice, to live in California. She is thrown into the rough life of Los...

This Traveltalk series short looks at California, beginning with the diverse types of flowers found in the state. After a look at some popular Hollywo...

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

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

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

They say that a certain wind from California makes people irritable. Halfway between documentary and experimental film, Santa Ana explores the relatio...

A cowboy is accused of his father's murder.

1973 was a turbulent time. The world was overcome with war and social change. Yet on Mountain Drive, deep in the hills of Santa Barbara, California- t...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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