Beyond the Bolex (2018)

Filmmaker Alyssa Bolsey stumbles on a treasure trove of vintage cameras old film reels fading photos technical drawings and boxes of documents that belonged to her greatgrandfather Jacques Bolsey Among the many boxes she spots an old movie camera with the word Bolex embossed on its side and a dangling tag with the date 1927 Entranced she embarks on a journey to reveal how Jacques aimed to disrupt the early film industry with a motion picture camera for the masses