Beyond the Bolex
Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her great-grandfather Jacques Bolsey. Among the many boxes, she spots an old movie camera with the word “Bolex” embossed on its side and a dangling tag with the date, “1927.” Entranced, she embarks on a journey to reveal how Jacques aimed to disrupt the early film industry with a motion picture camera for the masses.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alyssa Bolsey
Actors: Alyssa Bolsey, Barbara Hammer, Collin Hanney, Dave Alex Riddett, David Kiehn, Gerard Malanga, Jacques Bolsey, Jonas Mekas, Maynard Kaasa, Wim Wenders