Collection of Shirley Clarke materials

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Collection of Shirley Clarke materials

1975-1985

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hfa00046/catalog

Contains material related to the filmmaker and dancer Shirley Clarke.

.5 linear feet (1 box)

eng, Latn

Harvard Film Archive, Harvard College Library, Harvard University

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SNAC Resource ID: 11675668

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Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997

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Born in New York, Shirley Clarke first made waves as a dancer studying with modern choreographers like Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, and Doris Humphrey. In early short films, such as A Dance in the Sun (1953), Bullfight (1955), and Bridges Go Round (1958), she successfully fused her interests in choreography and cinema. Subsequent feature films The Connection (1961), The Cool World (1964), and Portrait of Jason (1967) were landmarks of independent cinema, charting an uncompromising path through con...