FILMS
CELLULOID AFTERLIFE is an in-progress documentary project that profiles niche archives and cinematheques as they fight to save, preserve, and revive the last remnants of our analog film culture.
REVIVING ROBIN (2026, 80 mins) follows the recovery, restoration, and re-release of Robin (1979), a lost and little-seen independent feature, by the CT-based film preservation and distribution company, Vinegar Syndrome.
FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! explores the vanishing world of private film collecting—an obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of basement film vaults, piled high with forgotten reels, and inhabited by passionate cineastes devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film.
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT explores the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists.
BLAZING THE TRAIL (2011, 83 mins) tells the story of early film pioneers Gene Gauntier and Sidney Olcott, of the New York-based Kalem Film Company, who made a series of films in Ireland in the early- to mid-1910.
ABOUT
PETER FLYNN BIO
PERSONAL STATEMENT
PERSONAL STATEMENT
My names is Peter Flynn and I am a documentary filmmaker and educator.
I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and I teach courses in media production and film history at Emerson College.
I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and I live with my wife, son, and two cats in Boston, MA.
PERSONAL STATEMENT
PERSONAL STATEMENT
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I have taught filmmaking and film history at the college level for more than 25 years and have always been fascinated by the people and practices marginalized or omitted from official film history. The story of film is much wider, deeper, and fuller than anyone of us can imagine—and that story is often most interesting, most compelling an
I have taught filmmaking and film history at the college level for more than 25 years and have always been fascinated by the people and practices marginalized or omitted from official film history. The story of film is much wider, deeper, and fuller than anyone of us can imagine—and that story is often most interesting, most compelling and revealing, when looked at from the sidelines.
My work as a documentary maker is drawn to those overlooked aspects of our film heritage: to the forgotten pioneers of the silent era; to the generations of projectionists who put the images on our screens; to the obsessive subculture of private film collecting; and, currently, to the independent archives and cinematheques devoted to saving and preserving what remains of our analog film heritage.
With each project, the goals have remained the same: to expand our understanding of what cinema is and to increase our appreciation for all those who make, share, and preserve it.
NOW STREAMING
PERSONAL STATEMENT
NOW STREAMING
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT and FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! are available on a variety of streaming services, including:
Amazon Video
Tubi
FlexFling
Fandango At Home
Kanopy
Fawesome
Sumo
ProQuest
Hoopla
Both films will be released on Blu-ray shortly. Details to follow.
For screening inquiries, contact:
BayView Entertainment
210 West Pkwy., Suite 7,
Pomp
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT and FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! are available on a variety of streaming services, including:
Amazon Video
Tubi
FlexFling
Fandango At Home
Kanopy
Fawesome
Sumo
ProQuest
Hoopla
Both films will be released on Blu-ray shortly. Details to follow.
For screening inquiries, contact:
BayView Entertainment
210 West Pkwy., Suite 7,
Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
Phone: 201-488-6110