Shirley Clarke Movies

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

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

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...

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

Anna Sokolow’s choreographed reinterpretation of a bullfight. Sokolow plays the matador, an audience member, and the doomed animal.

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

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

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

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

A highly edited work complimenting an exhibit on Persian art in the Los Angeles Museum of Art.

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

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

Accompanied by ambient electronic music, this visual experiment presents New York with its industrial architecture as an unknown dystopian city. With...

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

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

In 1954, Shirley Clarke created 'In Paris Parks', a short film starring her ten-year-old daughter Wendy Clarke. In 2013, the Wisconsin Center for...

A couple in love interacts across a multitude of environments.

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

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...