The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
The camera is magic
2017 | 76m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Errol Morris |
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| Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 30, 2017 |
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| Director: | Errol Morris |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
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| Production Companies | Fourth Floor Productions, Moxie Pictures |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Elsa Dorfman | Self |
| Errol Morris | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Nathan Swingle | Cinematography |
| Angela Minuty | Line Producer |
| Eugenia Magann Haynes | Art Direction |
| Nick Pavey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Cameron Steenhagen | Dialogue Editor |
| Sean P. Carroll | Visual Effects |
| Errol Morris | Director |
| Joel Dougherty | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Paul Leonard-Morgan | Original Music Composer |
| Steven Hathaway | Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Robert Fernandez | Executive Producer |
| Julia Sheehan | Executive Producer |
| Molly Rokosz | Associate Producer |
| Jesse Wann | Co-Producer |
| Steven Hathaway | Producer |
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