William Claxton Movies

How LA Learned to Love Modern Art. A lesson in how a few renegade artists built an art scene from scratch.

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label...

Trumpeter and vocalist Jack Sheldon, best known to younger viewers for Schoolhouse Rock, tries to "get good." Recovering from many years of substance...

"Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz...

Often cited as the “first fashion film,” Claxton used this is an experiment of women’s imaginative ways of creating self-image. In...