Shirley Clarke Movies

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

Beatrice Seckler rehearses a dance, filmed by Shirley Clarke in 1952.

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

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 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.

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

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

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...

A couple in love interacts across a multitude of environments.

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...

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

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...

In August 1955, director Shirley Clarke and choreographer Anne Sokolow embarked on a dance film about mime. It evolved two years later into 'The...

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

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...