The Noon Gun (1971/2004)
Filmed in 1971, on my hippie travels, I took with me a 16mm Bolex camera and 40 rolls of film. I made this film as homage to the country and its people. The Noon Gun itself stood on a hill outside Herat, and was fired every day at midday, as a call to prayer. The irony of the gun’s function as an instrument of peaceful prayer and weapon of war is not lost on those who have followed the tragic history of Afghanistan over the last four decades.
27m/colour
Produced in collaboration with Chimera Arts, with an original soundtrack by Equa.

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1974)
Two mystery men knocked on my front door in 1974 and said “are you Anthony Stern? If so, we’ve got some films for you”. The box contained a marvellous treasure trove of early pornography. The only information they gave me about the footage was that the films had been found in a chemist’s in Holborn, whilst it was being converted into a betting shop. They were given my name by an unknown source, and I never heard from them again. The edited film was co-directed with Peter Neal and examines the objectification of women since the inception of cinema.
83m/black & white

Havana Jazz (2006)
A film poem shot during the Havana Jazz Festival in 2006, on a digital video camera. Edited by Marek Pytel, it captures the complex mix of poverty and the vitality of music and dance.
18m/colour
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l13K0SNN2ds
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2TV4MJ0_Dpw

San Francisco Redux: No. 1 (1968/2008)
A 'psychedelically enhanced' excerpt from the award-winning film San Francisco. The carefree spirit of the original 1968 film is juxtaposed with audio recordings from seminal events of that momentous year.
8m/colour
Produced in collaboration with Chimera Arts. 

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