Sam Green (born in 1966; East Lansing) is an American documentary filmmaker. His most recent projects are “live documentaries” including 32 Sounds (2022) with electronic musician JD Samson, A Thousand Thoughts (2018) in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, The Measure of All Things (2014), and The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller (2012), which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. All four works are performed live, with Green narrating and musicians performing the soundtrack. Green's 2004 film The Weather Underground was nominated for an Academy Award, included in the Whitney Biennial, and broadcast nationally on PBS.
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
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The Weather Underground
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The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
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Utopia in Four Movements
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Utopia in Four Movements
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Utopia in Four Movements
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The Universal Language
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The Universal Language
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The Universal Language
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The Universal Language
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32 Sounds
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7 Sounds
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This Is What The Future Looked Like
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(Commissioned) Portrait of Las Vegas
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The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller
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Love Letter to the Fog
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Don’t Call Me Gay Zelig
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And with Him Came the West
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Daisy
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A Thousand Thoughts
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The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
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Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
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32 Sounds
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The Weather Underground
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Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
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The Weather Underground
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Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
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A Thousand Thoughts
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Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall
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Lot 63, Grave C
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Lot 63, Grave C
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Clear Glasses
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N Judah 5:30
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A Cinematic Study of Fog in San Francisco
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A Thousand Thoughts
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Julius Caesar Was Buried in a Pet Cemetery
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The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
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The Rainbow Man/John 3:16
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Pie Fight '69
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The Measure of All Things
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The Ultimate Guide
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