Nuts!
Three by Penny Lane
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1h 19m
Directed by Penny Lane | 79 mins | 2016
Thanks to a preternatural knack for self-promotion and a commitment to the medical possibilities of goat testicles, John Romulus Brinkley, born into poverty in 1885, acquired fame and fortune and very nearly become the governor of Kansas. Director Penny Lane brings Brinkley’s incredible story to life through handsome animations supplemented by archival materials in this resonant and perversely playful documentary, in which credulity grows in the shadow of the American Dream.
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The Pain of Others
Directed by Penny Lane | 71 mins | 2018
Taking Leslie Jamison’s 2013 Harper’s essay on Morgellons disease as a jumping off point, Penny Lane here assembles clips of YouTube vloggers claiming to suffer from the controversial disease purposefully and with great care. She draws her title from Susan ... -
First Films with Penny Lane
Directed by Metrograph | 13 mins | 2024
Filmmaker Penny Lane discusses her first film, "Our Nixon."
