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...

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

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...

John Amplas, Roy Frumkes, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, Tom Dubensky, Tony Buba, Taso Stavrakis and a whole host of zombies and bikers discuss their inolvement with 'Dawn of the Dead'. A new documentary for the Second Sight DotD box set....

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...

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

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...

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

An account of a 1975 independent truckers strike....

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

A glimpse into the economic decline of Braddock PA....

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...

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

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

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

A visit with a barber in his autumn years....

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

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