Movies for Grownups: ‘Beyond the Bolex’

Movies for Grownups: ‘Beyond the Bolex’

This documentary captures the history of the iconic camera by telling the filmmaker’s personal story.

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Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras, old film reels, fading photos, technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her great-grandfather, Jacques Bolsey. Among the many boxes, she spots an old movie camera with the word "Bolex" embossed on its side and a dangling tag with the year 1927. Entranced, she embarks on a journey that reveals how Jacques aimed to disrupt the early film industry with a motion picture camera for the masses. This film is not rated.

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