Path of Cessation (1975)

55 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound

"We are not tricked into the belief that we've visited Tibet by proxy. Here is the wonder of your works, Bob: that you know, always, whatever part of the World you bounce light off, you are in yr. own backyard ... albeit all these strange (and familiar) creatures move thru that infinite 'yard' of yr. mind. How simply wonderful .... Each film a growth: all of the same spirit. What more can I say but ... Thanks!" - Stan Brakhage

On its surface, PATH OF CESSATION is an experimental documentary on Tibetan culture. The image that is communicated to us by Fulton is a highly mystifying one. Rather than analyze, or enter into a dialogue with the Tibetan culture that he photographs, Fulton has succumbed to it, and through the process has presented us a work of great surface, as well as formal, beauty.

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Eastern Airlines: Mer Des Antilles (1973)

12 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound

While Fulton was on assignment to shoot a commercial for Eastern Airlines, THE WINGS OF MAN, they also produced a longer film reminiscent of Fulton's other ethnographic work. MER DE ANTILLES allows viewers to experience that same culture on the ground level.

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Eastern Airlines: Wings of Man (1971)

1 minute, 16mm, Color, Sound

Fulton had an ongoing relationship with the advertising agency Young and Rubicam, where he was hired to shoot one of many minute-long TV spots for Eastern Airlines, promoting their flights to the Caribbean. Directed by Denis Powers and narrated by Orson Welles, THE WINGS OF MAN is a dizzying encapsulation of vibrant Caribbean life.

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Inca Light (1972)

17 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound

INCA LIGHT, an impressionistic film shot in Cuzco, Machu Picchu, and outlying villages of the Andean center of Peru’s Inca Empire. Inca Light captures in a fast fluid motion impressions of life today that refer us to the past society that has also dwelled here.

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Nzuri: East Africa (1969)

32 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound

Beginning with Genesis, the film follows the progress of civilization through to modern day Nairobi. Biblical themes combine with pulsating African music, wild animal sounds, and vivid imagery. Unusual juxtapositions of Fulton’s quick cuts and Brown’s big lens shots of mega fauna and tribal dances mesmerize viewers.

Directed by Fulton and Roger Brown of Summit Films, commissioned by Trans World Airlines to promote their new routes to East Africa.

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Moonchild (1971)

11 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound

While on assignment to shoot a promotional film for Summit Films and Trans World Airlines (Nzuri - East Africa), Fulton captured a more granular take on the region Moonchild. He maintains an eye for the landscape and the people living there, but includes smaller, less idyllic day to day slices of life.

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