Shirley Clarke Movies

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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...

Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked,...

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

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...

Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.

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...

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...

Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...

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

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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...

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

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

New York City's various bridges transform into an urban jungle (jazz version) or an alien landscape (electro-acoustic version).

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...

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

A performance piece written by Sam Shepard, enacted by Joseph Chaikin and directed by Shirley Clarke, a dying man reflects on his life while...

A prelude to Tongues (1982) which languishes over love and its effect on people.