Braddock Films Movies

  • 1985
    Braddock Food Bank

    Braddock Food Bank

    Braddock Food Bank

    01985HD

    In this film, Buba struggles over whether he should make a film about a food bank, or just use the money to donate food to the bank. In the end, he le...

    Braddock Food Bank
  • 2014
    Ghosts of Amistad - In the Footsteps of Rebels

    Ghosts of Amistad - In the Footsteps of Rebels

    Ghosts of Amistad - In the Footsteps of Rebels

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    Ghosts of Amistad by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker's The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Penguin, 2012). It chro...

    Ghosts of Amistad - In the Footsteps of Rebels
  • 1974
    J. Roy: New and Used Furniture

    J. Roy: New and Used Furniture

    J. Roy: New and Used Furniture

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    Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.

    J. Roy: New and Used Furniture
  • 1983
    Peabody & Friends

    Peabody & Friends

    Peabody & Friends

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    The film follows a neighborhood guy who has never been quite the same since somersaulting out of the faulty sixth-story window of some shoddy subsidiz...

    Peabody & Friends
  • 1985
    Birthday Party

    Birthday Party

    Birthday Party

    01985HD

    A film which uses the device of developing Polaroid camera shots to present the highlights of a family celebration during the birthday of filmmaker To...

    Birthday Party
  • 1980
    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    Home Movies

    01980HD

    A compilation of Tony Buba's home movies

    Home Movies
  • 1980
    Washing Walls With Mrs. G

    Washing Walls With Mrs. G

    Washing Walls With Mrs. G

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    Tony Buba trains his documentary lens on the washing of his 87-year-old grandmother’s kitchen walls, an annual ritual. While the filmmaker works dilig...

    Washing Walls With Mrs. G
  • 1976
    Betty's Corner Cafe

    Betty's Corner Cafe

    Betty's Corner Cafe

    01976HD

    This short tells the story of a cafe where steel workers come to eat.

    Betty's Corner Cafe
  • 1975
    Shutdown

    Shutdown

    Shutdown

    01975HD

    An account of a 1975 independent truckers strike.

    Shutdown
  • 1979
    Sweet Sal

    Sweet Sal

    Sweet Sal

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    A portrait of a wiry, engaging street hustler, Sal Carulli, whose cocky patter breaks down at the end of the film, when he visits his father’s grave.

    Sweet Sal
  • 1972
    To My Family

    To My Family

    To My Family

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    A short film featuring images of his grandfather’s just-demolished shoe-repair shop in 1972

    To My Family
  • 1981
    The Mill Hunk Herald

    The Mill Hunk Herald

    The Mill Hunk Herald

    01981HD

    A trip inside a Steel Valley workers’ magazine, which looks like raw material for a Bruce Springsteen song.

    The Mill Hunk Herald
  • 1980
    Homage to a Mill Town

    Homage to a Mill Town

    Homage to a Mill Town

    01980HD

    A short documentary about Braddock

    Homage to a Mill Town