Beyond the Bolex

Year: 2017

Actors: Jacques Bolsey, Wim Wenders, Jonas Mekas, Barbara Hammer, Alyssa Bolsey, Maynard Kaasa, ...

Duration: 94 min

When visionary Jewish immigrant Jacques Bolsey invents the Bolex in the 1920's, he puts the first home movie camera in the hands of everyday folks, fomenting a film revolution that still inspires artists to this day. Nearly a century later, Alyssa Bolsey uncovers his long lost archive and journeys to discover the man behind the machine through his personal and profess...

Genre: Biography   Documentary