Four of the best clowns of Salvador return to the place where they were initiated 15 years before to conduct an initiation process of a new clown. In addition to the memories of this experience and its consequences in Salvador's clown scene, the creative process of these artists is revealed in a metalinguistic environment, a tribute to the act of creating.
Experimental documentary short starring Batato Barea and Peter Pank, filmed in July 1991

Beyond the lights and magic of the ring, this documentary follows the lives of the main stars of com...

Drawing upon a vast and richly visual archive and featuring a host of performers, historians and afi...

In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children.

This colorful archival record of Québec City's Winter Carnival shows that many popular events of tod...

One evening, as Ludvik is about to go to bed, he notices that a painting, once owned by his grandfat...
A Brazilian performance artist Vanesa Cardoso living in Newfoundland, Canada explores the figures of...

Daisy Asquith investigates the mysterious world of children's entertainers.

This film will trace the emergence of the Killer Clown from historical roots in Italian Opera, to co...

The movie follows the clock round as music hall clown Beby takes off his make up, goes home for a me...

Noel Mason's vaudevillian skills are appreciated by his younger audience, but he is not making enoug...

after mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and r...

The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film add...
Four clowns tour Germany to perform for Syrian refugees.

An intimate portrait of Mariano "Cronopio" Gedwillo, an Argentinian clown in Riga, as he transforms ...

They were originally intended to make us smile, and for the most part they do.. But when they don't ...

"Who is Weary Willie?" explores the life of the once-famous circus character Weary Willie and his st...

An account of the life and work of the Spanish clown, mime, acrobat and actor Marcelino Orbés (1873-...

DEADBUG meets with VIolent J (Joe Bruce) of Insane Clown Posse (ICP) and discusses his career and li...
A clown recalls the days when he first joined the Cole Brothers circus and discusses how the Greates...