Silent Movies

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

A fight occurs between two swordsmen, with grisly results.

What happens to art when it loses its artist?

A short film following the struggles of balancing university life and trying to find a job after recently losing their previous job

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

An outdoor gathering.

A. Knutt, a crack-brained chemist, discovers an elixir that will endow dolls with life. He does not know that it will change living persons to dolls....

Join us down deep within the basement of ToonMan as a not so colorful cast of characters join together only once in a half moon to play poker for one...

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Three men drive into the desert at night to wrestle with an unspeakable evil.

Kupferberg Gold ad by Pinschewer.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

A young history student goes to his uncle’s mansion to find out what caused the old man descend into madness.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Short silent animated film

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Two pumpkins.