Shirley Clarke Movies

Choreographer Daniel Nagrin performs in a studio and in the sun.

Home Movies #20: Dance Tests dates from 1953 and shows Shirley Clarke working on her film technique before she shot her first "official" film later...

Twins Christopher and David gets into an untethered sailboat and inadvertently gets involved in a nearby sailboat race.

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...

"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...

An abstract work featuring three dancers, the performers interact with large screens as well as each other. Included in Shirley Clarke’s Four...

A Visual Diary is a look at a private moment in one's life. A narrative form without utilizing a story line. The collaboration incorporates...

Intended as a call to action, this UNICEF-sponsored film juxtaposes the fears experienced by children around the world as a means of awakening...

Documentary about filmmaker Shirley Clarke which originally aired on the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps”.

A couple in love interacts across a multitude of environments.

A pair of performers wearing bodysuits dance and balance together in this short film for director Shirley Clarke’s Four Journeys Into Mystic...

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...

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

A collection of twenty short films, averaging 2-3 minutes, by various filmmakers depicting American life, intended to be shown in a continuous loop...

A short, Filmstruck-produced documentary on the life of director Shirley Clarke.

A visual protest of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

This short film displays the dynamic movement of people as they enter and exit parks in Paris.

An astonishing Holy Grail-like glimpse of choreographer/dancer Anna Sokolow's famed 'A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as...

A 1957 rehearsal film test for a dance film inspired by Pablo Picasso's 'Family of Saltimbanques'. Anna Sokolow can be seen on the lower left of the...

Shirley Clarke manipulated the colors of her short film 'Bullfight' to great effect. Much of her final version had a strong red tint. These are the...