Directed by Jem Cohen • 2015 • United States
In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to Istanbul, Jem Cohen merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to create a vivid portrait of contemporary life. Perhaps the most personal of Cohen's films, COUNTING measures street life, light, and time, noting not only surveillance and overdevelopment but resistance and its phantoms as manifested in music, animals, and everyday magic.
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Lucky Three
Directed by Jem Cohen • 1997 • United States
Starring Elliott SmithThis intimate portrait of singer-songwriter Elliott Smith features him performing three songs.
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Lost Book Found
Directed by Jem Cohen • 1996 • United States
Inspired by Walter Benjamin and director Jem Cohen’s time working as a pushcart vendor in downtown Manhattan, LOST BOOK FOUND compiles five years worth of Super 8 and 16 mm footage into a multilayered New York city symphony.
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Anne Truitt, Working
Directed by Jem Cohen • 2009 • United States
Starring Anne TruittJem Cohen’s portrait of sculptor Anne Truitt features an interview with the artist and footage shot in and around her studios at the Yaddo artist colony and in Washington D. C. Rather than an attempt to depict the art itself, whic...
