James Benning Movies

glory is a film about the present, about America and its history of abuse.

A conceptual bicentennial film dealing with spatial and temporal relationships between two travelers, their car, and the geographic, political, and...

A crisscross through the USA, carving it up into a series of static shots of just under two minutes, one for each state, presented alphabetically,...

Between July, 2007 and June, 2008, veteran independent film-maker,James Benning built replicas of two iconic American Cabins in a remote part of the...

In 54 static shots, Benning provides a picture of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. With the exception of the first three shots, he chooses areas...

The owner of a failing inn and his roadkill collector friend devise a Bigfoot hoax to draw in tourists, but a Miccosukee Hunter is set to make sure...

James Benning returns to the location of his 2012 film Nightfall, this time at daybreak.

Short by James Benning.

A new video work by American avant-garde filmmaker James Benning explores the videos of Russian activist/activist-art group Voina (“war”).

Looping, chugging and barreling by, the trains in Benning's latest monumental film map a stunning topography and a history of American development....

Towards the end of 2015, James Benning made one of his occasional expeditions to Utah, to the place where Robert Smithson's colossal land-sculpture...

Seven entirely static shots make up James Benning's quiet reflection on existence in the Ruhr Valley.

"Ash 01 is a declassified recording made from a B-52 bomber on December 26, 1972 during the Christmas carpet bombing of Hanoi." - James Benning. This...

In three virtuosic sequences created entirely in-camera, Benning alternates contrary camera movements in a trio of Chicago locations with increasing...

Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.

James Benning, USA, 1988, 3m.

One day, father makes a shocking decision in a family gathering. The family disagrees with it and against him in the very beginning. However, they...

A narrative film concerning an investigation of two women in time and space, to the point where the investigation becomes the narrative.

Grand Opera marks a stock-taking of Benning's work and his life, presenting a personal and artistic autobiography woven together with a series of...

"scorched earth is a film that is part of the Untitled Fragments Project. It's 60 minutes at dusk, just one shot of the burned over forest (from this...