Barney Rosset

Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story

Brad Bernstein

Tomi Ungerer, Maurice Sendak

Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story depicts one man's wild, lifelong adventure of testing societal boundaries through his use of subversive art. This 98-minute film combines traditional documentary storytelling with original animation from over 70 years worth of art from the renegade children's book author and illustrator. Using a historical palette of 20th century events to paint an artist's epic yet controversial life story, this HD documentary film offers a feature-length retrospective of Ungerer's life and art, pondering the complexities and contradictions of a man who, armed with an acerbic wit, an accusing finger and a razor sharp pencil, gave visual representation to the revolutionary voices during one of the most tantalizing and dramatic periods in American history. Far Out Isn't Far Enough explores the circumstances of his meteoric rise and fall on American soil...

Waiting for Godot

Alan Schneider

Burgess Meredith, Zero Mostel

Two derelicts, Vladimir and Estragon, occupy themselves as they wait for 'Godot' to make an appearance on Pozzo's estate.

Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

Daniel O'Connor, Neil Ortenberg

Barney Rosset, Amiri Baraka

A look at the life and work of American publisher Barney Rosset, who struggled to bring controversial works like "Tropic of Cancer" and "Naked Lunch" to publication.

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

Börje Ahlstedt, William S. Burroughs

A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA Obscenity Codes.

Rosset/de Grazia: A Conversation

Edward de Grazia, Barney Rosset

35 years later, Barney Rosset and Edward de Grazia talk about the legal ramifications of the film, I am Curious: Yellow (1967), and how it got into theaters and the courts.

Red, White and Blue

Beverly Sebastian, Ferd Sebastian

Robert Fitzpatrick, Barney Rosset

A documentary about the hearings of President Nixon's Commission on Obscenity, featuring adult-film producer David F. Friedman (one of the producers of this film) testifying before Congress, and involved in the production of one of his films, "Trader Hornee."

Barney's Wall

Sandy Gotham Meehan, Williams Cole

Barney Rosset, Buster Keaton

What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal and cultural battles smashed sexual and political taboos in the United States — unleashing the counter-culture of the 1960s and introducing millions of young intellectuals to the most radical currents in literature, film, theater and politics. In his late eighties, coming to terms with his life, Barney Rosset began to obsessively sculpt an autobiographical 15′ x 22′ surreal wall mural, embedded with jewel-like vignettes crafted out of found objects, each a clue to the conflicts and obsessions that drove Barney’s lifetime rebellion against authority. A cast of artists, a neurologist, and a shaman connect the clues and piece together Barney’s life.