A short film featuring images of his grandfather’s just-demolished shoe-repair shop in 1972
Nov 1972
Tony Buba trains his documentary lens on the washing of his 87-year-old grandmother’s kitchen walls, an annual ritual. While the filmmaker works diligently and mostly out of sight of the camera, his grandmother anchors the piece, recounting stories of her immigration from Italy in the 1940s, her first impressions of the United States, and her endearing love of Braddock.
Nov 1980
Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence.
Nov 1974
A compilation of Tony Buba's home movies
An account of a 1975 independent truckers strike.
Nov 1975
This short tells the story of a cafe where steel workers come to eat.
Nov 1976
In this film, Buba struggles over whether he should make a film about a food bank, or just use the money to donate food to the bank. In the end, he leaves it up to the viewer.
Nov 1985
A portrait of a wiry, engaging street hustler, Sal Carulli, whose cocky patter breaks down at the end of the film, when he visits his father’s grave.
Nov 1979
