Movies: Tony Buba

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall....

Martin, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges....

Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighth...

Feature length documentary taking a look at the making of George A. Romero's MARTIN....

A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the zeitgeist in their own backyard, the artists' short films are the culmination of a year-long residency projec...

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

This documentary focuses on the Civil Rights Movement in the heavily segregated steel industry and its equally segregated union, The United Steelworkers of America (USWA), at the time when this industry—devastated by mismanagement and global competit...

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

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....

Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence....

A look into traditional sausage making....

A tour of the last remaining pawn shop in Braddock, PA....

An honest exploration of one Pennsylvania factory worker's mundane existence, and his pursuit of a love long lost....

Citizens of Braddock PA are asked about the poetry of their city....

A year goes by during the G.W. Bush administration....

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

Ghosts of Amistad by Tony Buba is based on Marcus Rediker's The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Penguin, 2012). It chronicles a journey to Sierra Leone in 2013 to visit the home villages of the rebels who captured the s...

From implosions of steel mills after the decline of the industry to the demolition of the community hospital in Braddock, filmmaker Tony Buba stitches together footage from his extensive documentation of changes taking place across Pittsburgh and the...

This short tells the story of a cafe where steel workers come to eat....

Filmmaker Tony Buba charts the history and present of his hometown, Braddock, Pennsylvania...