Shirley Clarke Movies
- 1968

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.31968HD
Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family,...
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- 1971

Up Your Legs Forever
Up Your Legs Forever81971HD
The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.
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- 1969

Lions Love
Lions Love5.91969HD
Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.
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- 1971

Yoko and John Party
Yoko and John Party01971HD
Yoko & John Party hold. Recycled with Paul Ryan's video tape. This is interesting beacuse of your showing Paul Ryan's tape. 1st part is home movie...
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- 1980

The Beats: An Existential Comedy
The Beats: An Existential Comedy01980HD
A "film poem" that focuses on the Beat poetry scene of the late 1950s.
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- 1997

Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation71997HD
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....
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- 1967

For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War61967HD
First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...
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- 1999

Alien Blood
Alien Blood2.61999HD
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...
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- 1997

Happy Birthday to John
Happy Birthday to John5.31997HD
On October 9, 1972, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse hosted an exhibition of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s work, designed by Fluxus artist...
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- 1964

The Cool World
The Cool World5.51964HD
A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to...
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- 1986

As Kineastas
As Kineastas01986HD
Based on interviews with 15 women, including directors, producers and film actresses, a journey around the world is made, seeing the wars waged by...
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- 1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life8.41986HD
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
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- 1967

Portrait of Jason
Portrait of Jason6.61967HD
Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked,...
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- 1962

The Connection
The Connection6.51962HD
Eight drug addicts are waiting for their connection in a New York apartment while a two-man documentary team films the proceedings. Things go out of...
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- 2016

Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens
Shirley Clarke: The Artist with the Lens02016HD
A short, Filmstruck-produced documentary on the life of director Shirley Clarke.
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- 1978

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One Two Three91978HD
An abstract work featuring three dancers, the performers interact with large screens as well as each other. Included in Shirley Clarke’s Four...
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- 1971

Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971
Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 197101971HD
April 19 nite of Ricky visit but not of Ricky. 1. Jose Soltero & his assistant Alicia from Argentina. I do teaching, they tape. 2. Harry arrives...
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- 2016

Rose and the Players – Part 2
Rose and the Players – Part 202016HD
In August 1955, director Shirley Clarke and choreographer Anne Sokolow embarked on a dance film about mime. It evolved two years later into 'The...
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- 1986

Ornette: Made in America
Ornette: Made in America6.51986HD
Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.
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- 1958

Bridges-Go-Round 1
Bridges-Go-Round 16.91958HD
New York City’s bridges dissolve into shifting abstractions through montage, superimposition, and color. Set to an electronic score by Louis...
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