Beyond the Bolex

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Audience Score
80
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NR 1 hr 35 minDocumentary
Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her great-grandfather Jacques Bolsey. Among the many boxes, she spots an old movie camera with the word "Bolex" embossed on its side and a dangling tag with the date, "1927." Entranced, she embarks on a journey to reveal how Jacques aimed to disrupt the early film industry with a motion picture camera for the masses.
StarringJacques BolseyWim WendersJonas Mekas
DirectorAlyssa Bolsey
WritersAlyssa BolseyTchavdar Georgiev

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Alyssa Bolsey, Diana Holtzberg, Nicolas Wadimoff
Production Companies:Akka Films, ARTE, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Sea Owl Productions, Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR), RTS