Movies: Tony Buba

A visit with family to learn how to make fresh pasta....

A look back at Braddock's "Cot Club" and its patrons....

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 o...

A look into traditional sausage making....

A tableau of a crucified man over Braddock PA....

Braddock, PA reflected in mirrors....

A film which uses the device of developing Polaroid camera shots to present the highlights of a family celebration during the birthday of filmmaker Tony Buba....

A snapshot of a pizzeria in Braddock, PA circa 1990....

A portrait of a now-shuttered barber shop in Braddock PA....

A look at the passage of time, filmmaking, and Braddock PA....

The film follows a neighborhood guy who has never been quite the same since somersaulting out of the faulty sixth-story window of some shoddy subsidized housing....

A trip inside a Steel Valley workers’ magazine, which looks like raw material for a Bruce Springsteen song....

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....

A short documentary about Braddock...

A compilation of Tony Buba's home movies...

A short film featuring images of his grandfather’s just-demolished shoe-repair shop in 1972...