Shirley Clarke Movies
- 1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.31968HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 1958
Bridges-Go-Round 1
Bridges-Go-Round 171958HD
New York City's various bridges transform into an urban jungle (jazz version) or an alien landscape (electro-acoustic version).
- 1951
Love Nest
Love Nest5.71951HD
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further...
- 1976
Sex Stars
Sex Stars01976HD
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...
- 1961
The Connection
The Connection6.3041961HD
A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker...
- 1967
Portrait of Jason
Portrait of Jason6.5151967HD
Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked,...
- 1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life81986HD
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
- 1969
Lions Love
Lions Love5.9431969HD
Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.
- 2016
Fear Flight
Fear Flight02016HD
Beatrice Seckler rehearses a dance, filmed by Shirley Clarke in 1952.
- 1978
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans01978HD
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...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 1999
Alien Blood
Alien Blood1.31999HD
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...
- 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...
- 1963
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World61963HD
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...
- 1959
Skyscraper
Skyscraper71959HD
Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...
- 1982
Tongues
Tongues51982HD
A performance piece written by Sam Shepard, enacted by Joseph Chaikin and directed by Shirley Clarke, a dying man reflects on his life while...
- 1997
Happy Birthday to John
Happy Birthday to John4.81997HD
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...
- 2016
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton02016HD
An astonishing Holy Grail-like glimpse of choreographer/dancer Anna Sokolow's famed 'A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as...
- 1960
Christopher and Me
Christopher and Me51960HD
Twins Christopher and David gets into an untethered sailboat and inadvertently gets involved in a nearby sailboat race.
- 1986
Ornette: Made in America
Ornette: Made in America6.31986HD
Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.