Shirley Clarke Movies
- 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.
- 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...
- 1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life8.21986HD
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
- 1961
The Connection
The Connection6.31961HD
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...
- 1963
The Cool World
The Cool World5.351963HD
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...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 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...
- 1958
Brussels Loops
Brussels Loops01958HD
A collection of twenty short films, averaging 2-3 minutes, by various filmmakers depicting American life, intended to be shown in a continuous loop...
- 1967
Bill's Hat
Bill's Hat01967HD
"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...
- 1968
Underground New York
Underground New York01968HD
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...
- 1966
Galaxie
Galaxie01966HD
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....
- 1986
Ornette: Made in America
Ornette: Made in America6.2731986HD
Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.52013HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 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.
- 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...
- 1970
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke51970HD
Documentary about filmmaker Shirley Clarke which originally aired on the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps”.