David Hoffman

Sing Sing Thanksgiving

David Hoffman, Harry Wiland

B.B. King, Joan Baez

B.B. King, Joan Baez and other great artists gather for a show at Sing Sing Prison.

Scruggs: A Festival of Music

David Hoffman

Earl Scruggs, Bob Dylan

Musical documentary records Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Scruggs' son Randy, Doc Watson and his son Merle playing and singing together in informal settings. Also includes performances by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Byrds and others

How Hitler Lost the War

David Hoffman, Robert Denny

Through interviews with former World War II fighter aces, "How Hitler Lost the War" examines the theory that the German Armed Forces substantially won and then lost the war in Europe before 1942. That had it not been for the political and military mistakes of Adolf Hitler, the United States would have had to stand alone against a Nazi Europe allied with an even more powerful Japan, and face a future that is barely imaginable.

Sputnik Mania

David Hoffman

Walt Disney, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in awe - then fear. Initially thrilling as a marvel of science, Sputnik was soon viewed by America a weapon of mass destruction.

The Nashville Sound

David Hoffman, Robert Elfstrom

Interviews and performances with Nashville celebrities and hopefuls from the late 1960's era of the Nashville music scene. Featured performers include Porter Waggoner, Tex Ritter, Dolly Parton, Roy Acuff, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, Charley Pride, Jeannie C. Riley, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, and more.

King, Murray

David Hoffman

Murray Ramsey King, Lora Kaye

Characterized as a "fictionalized documentary" by the producer, this bizarre experimental drama is the story of three days in the life of a highly charged and successful Long Island insurance salesman who takes a filmmaker to Las Vegas. Though the protagonists really are a salesman and a director, the line between reality and fiction is hopelessly blurred as the story unfolds. . . The brash, loud and supremely confidant salesman shmoozes his clients in a way that is a game for him. He uses his powers of persuasion to acquire more and more sales. He and his cronies drink and feast over their success before embarking on the Las Vegas convention. The company even goes so far as to provide women for the married men, rewarding their career successes with amoral excesses in this film that concludes with a dream sequence on a beach.

NYC Trade Union in 1965

David Hoffman, David Hoffman

A documentary by David Hoffman shot in 1965 on handheld 16mm. It presents one tough union negotiator working for New York's public employee union - DC37, a part of the AFL--CIO.

A Day with Timmy Page

David Hoffman

Timmy Page

Documentary portrait of a 13-year-old aspiring filmmaker.

Bluegrass Roots

David Hoffman, Jonathan Gordon

1965 TV special shot documentary style in the mountains of North Carolina. It follows Old Man Bascom Lunsford as he casts the talent for his Asheville Mountain Music Festival (also the first such event). "Bluegrass Roots" presents a who's who of the most extraordinary singers, players and dancers the Bluegrass Mountains had to offer. Songs Include: Groundhog, Johnson Boys, East Virginia Blues, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, and Heavenly Light is Shinning On Me.