The Films
The Braddock Chronicles 1 & 2
1972-85, 49 & 55 min
Portraits and vignettes of the stubborn signs of life in a dying milltown. The Braddock Chronicles features twelve short films by Tony Buba, chronicling the rise and fall of Braddock, PA.
Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy
1988, 80 min
Tony's first feature, that established him as an innovator of the "exploded documentary." An eccentric picture of America, Lightning chronicles the decline of Braddock, PA, which once flourished as "Pittsburgh's shopping center."
No Pets
1994, 80 min
Tony's first fiction feature film based on a short story by the writer Jim Daniels. No Pets is a story about work and love and animals. It's about the end of an age, mythical or real, when a job was a job, love was true, and everybody had a dog.
Struggles in Steel
1996, 86 min
Featuring interviews with over 70 African-American workers, Struggles in Steel: A Story of African-American Steel Workers documents the shameful history of discrimination against black workers and one heroic campaign where they won equality on the job.
Voices from a Steeltown
1983, 28 min
Short stories centered around the question "Who killed Braddock?" The film presents Braddock's story in a forthright, thought provoking manner. In one sense, Braddock is dying. But Voices makes the town immortal.