Roberta Cantow

Roberta
Cantow

Roberta Cantow is a filmmaker and storyteller. She received a N.Y. area Emmy for her film Clotheslines about the symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women’s lives. Her films and videos have garnered ...

Films
Filmmakers / Roberta Cantow

Films

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    Autostop
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Autostop
    Roberta Cantow

    16mm, black and white, sound, 17 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Literarature / Theater
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    Rites of Passage
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Rites of Passage
    Roberta Cantow

    16mm, color, sound, 17 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Clotheslines
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Clotheslines
    Roberta Cantow

    16mm, color, sound, 32.25 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Ethnographic
    • Family
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    If This Ain't Heaven
    Experimental

    If This Ain't Heaven
    Roberta Cantow

    16mm, color, sound, 27.25 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Philosophical
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    Iluminada
    Experimental

    Iluminada
    Roberta Cantow

    color, sound, 10 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Environment / Nature
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    The Book of Laughs
    Documentary
    Experimental

    The Book of Laughs
    Roberta Cantow

    color, sound, 45 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Family
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Doctor Clown
    Documentary

    Doctor Clown
    Roberta Cantow

    color, sound, 30 min
    Rental format: VHS NTSC
    • Body
    • Children / Youth
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Science / Medicine
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    Mosaics
    Documentary

    Mosaics
    Roberta Cantow

    color, sound, 15 min
    Rental format: VHS NTSC
    • Ethnographic
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Bloodtime Moontime Dreamtime (Trilogy) : Women Bringing Forth Change
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Bloodtime Moontime Dreamtime (Trilogy) : Women Bringing Forth Change
    Roberta Cantow

    Digital File, color, sound, 120 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Body
    • Arts / Artists
    • Spiritual / Mystical
Biography
Filmmakers / Roberta Cantow

Biography

Roberta Cantow is a filmmaker and storyteller. She received a N.Y. area Emmy for her film Clotheslines about the symbolic and artistic role of laundry in women’s lives. Her films and videos have garnered several Best of Category citations in film festivals around the country as well as an Award of Excellence for Dreamtime in 2008, and an Award of Merit for Not a Still Life, and in 2016 for Accordions Rising, all in the documentary category, from the Global Accolade Competition. Roberta has made a decision to step away from documentary filmmaking to pursue both digital and live storytelling.

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