The Films of Abraham Ravett


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photo by Kane Stewart, 1994 Vienna, 2002 Florence MA, 2004 by R. Muller	Welcome to The Films of Abraham Ravett Web Page. Below is a short biography of Mr. Ravett as well as links to pages about some of his recent films and additional films. We also have Mr. Ravett's complete Filmography/Videography, including lists of some of his screenings, lectures, and articles written on his work. Recent DVD releases Abraham Ravett was born in Poland in 1947, raised in Israel and emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1955. He holds a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Filmmaking and Photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past thirty years. Mr. Ravett received grants for his work from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Artists Foundation Inc, Boston, MA., The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, The Japan Foundation, The Hoso Bunka Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. His films have been screened internationally including the Museam of Modern Art, Anthology Film Archives, The Collective For Living Cinema, N.Y.C., Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA., S.F. Cinematheque, L.A. Forum, Innis Film Society, Toronto, Canada, and Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Ravett teaches filmmaking and photography at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. You can e-mail Abraham Ravett at aravett@hampshire.edu Abraham Ravett 193 Nonotuck St Florence, MA 01062 USA wk: 413-559-5492 fax: 413-559-5481

	Ijime Part II (2007) "Ijime" is the Japanese term for bullying.
Tziporah (2007) Another cinematic response to grief and loss.		North Side/South Side (2006) A response to a colleague's memorial service.
Lunch With Fela (2005) The filmmaker's response to the passing of his last parent, Fela Ravett.		Sunday Paper (2003) A moment remembered from a home that is no longer there.
The Visit (2003) A child's awakening		And Then... (2002): Turning back, looking at one's past, wondering "what happened?"
Afterthoughts on a Legend (2002): A response to the inklings that resonate ten years after a trip to Iwate Prefecture, Japan		Mizuko (Water Child) (2002): My son's unreturned motel key prompts the imagination to consider lives and "presences" left in that room.
Furry's Gift (2002): A 1976 performance by the legendary blues musician, Furry Lewis, who was 83 years old at the time.		The March (1999) details my mother's recollections of the 1945 "death march" from Auschwitz.
Garden (1999): A film collaboration with dancer / choreographer Bill T. Jones.		The Boardwalk (1998): The Brighton Beach-Coney Island boardwalk is a long, winding, ocean front walkway adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. Photographed over a three year period.
Forgefeel (1997-1998): The landscape rendered is a playground at a San Francisco Public School. "Forgefeel," is the Yiddish word for premonition.		Horse/Kappa/House (1995): Inspired by The Legend of Tono, this film records the landscape in a number of small villages throughout Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
Forgotten Tenor (1994): Pays tribute to Wardell Gray, considered by many one of the most unheralded tenor saxophonists in American Black Classical Music.		Everything's For You (1989): Reflect's Mr. Ravett's relationship with his deceased father, a man who survived both the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz.
In Memory (1993): is a tribute, a projected memorial to members of my family and ALL those who died under Nazi occupation.		Half Sister (1985): A photograph of Mr. Ravett's half-sister who was killed in Auschwitz, inspires the imagination to conceive a life that would have been.