Beyond the Bolex

Beyond the Bolex

95 mins | Documentary | Nov. 8, 2018

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.

Beyond the Bolex

95 mins | Documentary | Nov. 8, 2018

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.
Producers ARTE, RTS, Akka Films, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Sea Owl Productions, Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion et Télévision (SSR)
Original title Beyond the Bolex
Directors Alyssa Bolsey
Writers Alyssa Bolsey, Tchavdar Georgiev

Cast

Jacques Bolsey

as Self

Wim Wenders

as Self

Jonas Mekas

as Self

Barbara Hammer

as Self

Alyssa Bolsey

as Self

Maynard Kaasa

as Self

Gerard Malanga

as Self

David Kiehn

as Self

Collin Hanney

as Self

Marc Ueter

as Self

Roland Cosandey

as Self

Michel Brouard

as Self

Robin Bolsey

as Self