Shirley Clarke Movies

  • 1986
    As Kineastas

    As Kineastas

    As Kineastas

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    Based on interviews with 15 women, including directors, producers and film actresses, a journey around the world is made, seeing the wars waged by...

    As Kineastas
  • 1997
    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

    Happy Birthday to John

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    On October 9th, 1972 an exhibition of John Lennon/Yoko Ono's art, designed by the Master of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas, opened at the...

    Happy Birthday to John
  • 1999
    Alien Blood

    Alien Blood

    Alien Blood

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    Spoof science fiction. An alien mother and her child are pursued across England by a bunch of incompetent government agents and take refuge in a...

    Alien Blood
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1978
    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation

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    Left to viewer interpretation, this beautiful dance piece displays a spiritual or religious initiation. A short work, this film was released as part...

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation
  • 2016
    Decroux Film

    Decroux Film

    Decroux Film

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    In 1953, Shirley Clarke went to make a film about French mime Ettiene Decroux. The legend goes that he had left town and instead, she created In...

    Decroux Film
  • 2016
    Rose and the Players – Part 1

    Rose and the Players – Part 1

    Rose and the Players – Part 1

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    A 1957 rehearsal film test for a dance film inspired by Pablo Picasso's 'Family of Saltimbanques'. Anna Sokolow can be seen on the lower left of the...

    Rose and the Players – Part 1
  • 1967
    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Butterfly

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    A visual protest of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

    Butterfly
  • 1968
    Underground New York

    Underground New York

    Underground New York

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    A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change...

    Underground New York
  • 1976
    Sex Stars

    Sex Stars

    Sex Stars

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    Sex star gives an explosive behind the scenes view of the people who make sexual fantasies come true on the silver screen. Sex Stars is the first...

    Sex Stars
  • 1978
    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium

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    A pair of performers wearing bodysuits dance and balance together in this short film for director Shirley Clarke’s Four Journeys Into Mystic...

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium
  • 1977
    24 Frames Per Second

    24 Frames Per Second

    24 Frames Per Second

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    A highly edited work complimenting an exhibit on Persian art in the Los Angeles Museum of Art.

    24 Frames Per Second
  • 1958
    Brussels Loops

    Brussels Loops

    Brussels Loops

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    A collection of twenty short films, averaging 2-3 minutes, by various filmmakers depicting American life, intended to be shown in a continuous loop...

    Brussels Loops
  • 1963
    Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World

    Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World

    Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World

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    The acclaimed poet is examined in this film completed just prior to his death at age 88, with his speaking engagements at Amherst and Sarah Lawrence...

    Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
  • 1970
    Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

    Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

    Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

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    Documentary about filmmaker Shirley Clarke which originally aired on the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps”.

    Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
  • 1960
    A Scary Time

    A Scary Time

    A Scary Time

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    Intended as a call to action, this UNICEF-sponsored film juxtaposes the fears experienced by children around the world as a means of awakening...

    A Scary Time
  • 1968
    Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea

    Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea

    Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea

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    Four minutes of color footage featuring Carl Lee and a poodle named Max. A very cute home movie from the Connection blu-ray.

    Carl Lee, Max and Friends at the Hotel Chelsea
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1978
    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans

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    Part of the larger filmic Four Journeys Into Mystic Time, in this work director Shirley Clarke makes use of a dancer’s body not only as the...

    Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
  • 1960
    Christopher and Me

    Christopher and Me

    Christopher and Me

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    Twins Christopher and David gets into an untethered sailboat and inadvertently gets involved in a nearby sailboat race.

    Christopher and Me