Study collection, [ca. 1900-1985], 1950-1985 (bulk)

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Study collection, [ca. 1900-1985], 1950-1985 (bulk)

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The majority [ca. 75%] of these films are the work of American avant-garde film makers; the rest are by foreign film makers. Directors represented are mostly those represented in the Essential Cinema Repertory Collection and include Bruce Baillie, Stan Brakhage, Robert Bresson, James Broughton, Joseph Cornell, May Deren, Hollis Frampton, Dwinell Grant, Jerome Hill, Gregory Markopoulos, Jonas Mekas, Ron Rice, Paul Sharits, Harry Smith, Michael Snow, and others. Other directors represented here include Charles Boulten House, Shirley Clarke, Oskar Fischinger, Piero Helkzer, Jerry Joffen, Ricky Leacock, Carl Linder, Fluxus, Taylor Mead, Greg Sharits, David Brooks, Naomi Levine, Barbara Rubin, Francis Lee.

ca. 1,000 films.

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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...

Helkzer, Piero.

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Linder, Carl

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Joffen, Jerry.

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Leacock, Richard, 1968-

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Filmmaker. From the description of Reminiscences of Richard Leacock : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513492 ...

Levine, Naomi B., 1923-

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While Naomi Levine is well known for her highly successful tenure as a fundraiser at New York University, she is also an accomplished lawyer, historian, author and owner/founder of a girls’ camp in Upstate New York. A graduate of Hunter College and Columbia Law School, Levine went on to hold several positions at the American Jewish Congress (AJC). She was the Executive Director of AJC from 1971-1978, making her the first female in charge of a major Jewish organization. L...

Brooks, David H.

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Judge in Dutchess County, N.Y. Appointed in 1794. From the description of Letter, 1806 September 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122486949 Judge in Dutchess County, N.Y. appointed, 1794. From the description of Description of lot sold to Gilbert Livingston, 1806 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519941 ...

Rubin, Barbara Edna

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Anthology Film Archives

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Fischinger, Oskar, 1900-1967

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Mead, Taylor

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American beatnik poet. From the description of Photographs taken at the beach [manuscript], 1961-1962. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814355 ...

Fluxus (Group of artists)

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Fluxus is an international and interdisciplinary group of artists, composers, designers and poets that took shape in the 1960s and 1970s, founded by artist Willem de Ridder. Dutch gallerist and art critic Harry Ruhé describes Fluxus as "the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties". Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media and disciplines. Fluxus is also known for generating art forms that were new when Fluxus artists created them. These art for...

Sharits, Greg.

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Lee, Francis, <fl. ca. >1809

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House, Charles Boulten.

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