John Knoop Movies

A continuous dissolve of 87 male and female nudes. "The film's fascination lies with the suspense of that magic moment, halfway between two persons,...

An examination of whales.

A documentary about dolphins that cover the recent story of a Japanese massacre of dolphins as well as other footage of swimming with dolphins.

It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader...

Acid rain, economic development, and a century of mining pollute Rocky Mountain waters.

Various Hollywood people talk about love.

Shadow Master is a dramatic documentary about a family of performers in Bali. The film is an inside view of Balinese life which reveals the cultural...

Porn stars Sharon Mitchell and Tigr navigate the ups and downs of being in love while working in the sex industry.

Following a brief statement by Ry Cooder on his thoughts about performing - and improvising - on stage, this concert film depicts Cooder's 1987 live...

In an age when genius is a mere commodity, it is useful to look at a person who led a rich life without the traditional trappings of success. A man...

The cowgirls in this documentary are modern-day women aged six to sixty, who ride, rope and tough out the elements just as well as their more famous...

A psychedelic close-up in delicious color of a pair of headless bodies at play.

This evocative documentary examines the plight of the ranchers of Nevada and California, who find their grazing areas increasingly threatened by many...

A heroic journey of transformation and healing, Phoenix Dance challenges our expectations of what it means to be "disabled." In March, 2001, renowned...

Jack Lyon used his experience as a Vietnam Veteran to help found the Veterans Village of San Diego. With a mission of offering peer support and...

A film about blood money during Cambodia week.

Pham Thanh, a naturalized American citizen currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area, was only 12 in 1968 when American troops stormed his...

The Job is a close look at racism based on the actual conflicts in Texas in the early 1970s. An Elvis impersonator and a "good ole boy" set out on a...

American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes...