Shorts Program Archive – May 2024

Friday, May 3rd:

6:00 PM
Moving Through the Metropolis: Transit Images – 88 min.
The Wonder Ring (1955) dir. Stan Brakhage – 4 min.
Bridges Go Round (1958) dir. Shirley Clarke – 8 min.
Crowds (Format unlisted) [1967] dir. David Devensky – 38 min.
Taxi, Taxi (Format unlisted) [1977] dir. Bill Creston – 14 min.
Derail (Format unlisted) [1997] dir. Catalina Santamaria – 7 min.
New York Gradual (Format unlisted) [2018] dir. Gregg Bierman – 14 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

8:15 PM
The Postwar City Symphony, Part 1 – 81 min.
WeeGee’s New York (1948) dir. Arthur ‘Weegee’ Felig – 21 min.
Daybreak Express (Format unlisted) [1953] dir. D.A. Pennebaker – 5 min.
Jazz of Lights (Format unlisted) [1954] dir. Ian Hugo – 16 min.
N.Y, N.Y. (Format unlisted) [1957] dir. Francis Thompson – 15 min.
Eastside Summer (1959) dir. Rudy Burckhardt – 12 min.
Go Go Go (1964) dir. Marie Menken, 1964 – 12 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets
*Introduced by Erica Stein, Associate Professor and Chair of Film at Vassar College and author of Seeing Symphonically: Avant-Garde Film, Urban Planning, and the Utopian Image of New York

Saturday, May 4th:

1:00 PM
The Postwar City Symphony, Part 2 – 71 min.
The Burning of New York (1967) dir. Michael Jacobson – 8 min.
N.Y.C. (No York City) (Format unlisted) [1983] dir. Rick Liss – 6 min.
Concern for the City (1982) dir. Peter Von Ziegesar – 30 min.
Dream City (1986) dir. Steven Siegel – 27 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets
*Introduced by Erica Stein, Associate Professor and Chair of Film at Vassar College and author of Seeing Symphonically: Avant-Garde Film, Urban Planning, and the Utopian Image of New York

2:00 PM
Rare Gems From the 1960s program – 77 min.
Ten Bob in Winter (1963) dir. Lloyd Reckord – 12 min.
Jemima and Johnny (35mm) [1966] dir. Lionel Ngakane – 29 min.
Death May Be Your Santa Claus (Disc) [1969] dir. Frankie Dymon – 36 min.
BAM Rose Cinemas – Part of Uncharted Territories: Black Britain on Film, 1963-1986 – Tickets

3:30 PM
Architecture and Gendered Space – 61 min.
Skyscraper (Format unlisted) [1959] dir. Shirley Clarke – 21 min.
From the Ladies (1978) dir. Holly Fisher – 20 min.
Greed: Pay to Play (1987) dir. Bette Gordon – 20 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

8:00 PM
Gentrification and Urban Renewal, Part 2 – 61 min.
Scotch Tape (1959) dir. Jack Smith – 5 min.
Garbage (Format unlisted) [1968] Newsreel – 10 min.
Dwellings (1974) dir. Charles Simonds & Rudy Burckhardt – 13 min.
Where Can I Live — A Story of Gentrification (Format unlisted) [1983] dir. Erik Lewis – 33 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

Sunday, May 5th:

1:00 PM
On the Loisaida and the Streets of the South Bronx – 105 min.
Film Club (1968) dir. Jaime Barrios – 26 min.
The Heart of Loisaida (Format unlisted) [1979] dir. Beni Matías & Marci Reaven – 26 min.
Housing Court (Format unlisted) [1985] dir. Beni Matías & William Sarokin – 30 min.
Simpson Street (1979) dir. William Sarokin – 23 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

6:30 PM
Nature and Nonhuman Animals – 81 min.
Here at the Water’s Edge (Format unlisted) [1962] dir. Leo Hurwitz & Charles Pratt – 60 min.
Excursion (1968) dir. Marie Menken – 5 min.
City Wildlife: Mice, Rats, Roaches (Format unlisted) [1980] dir. Christy Rupp – 16 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

7:30 PM
Jordan Belson / Erik Davis – 60 min.
World (1970) dir. Jordan Belson – 7 min.
Meditation (1971) dir. Jordan Belson – 6 min.
Chakra (1972) dir. Jordan Belson – 8 min.
Light (1973) dir. Jordan Belson – 8 min.
Cycles (1974) dir. Jordan Belson & Stephen Beck – 10 min.
Music of the Spheres (1977) dir. Jordan Belson – 10 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets

8:30 PM
Downtown Counternarratives – 61 min.
Snapshots of the City (Format unlisted) [1960] dir. Stan VanDerBeek – 6 min.
Store Days I and II (1961) dir. Raymond Saroff – 14 min.
Doomshow (1960) dir. Ray Wisinski – 10 min.
Fugs: Sights and Sounds of the Lower East Side Rain Forest (1966) dir. Edward English – 13 min.
This Is Not a Demonstration (1969) dir. Jaime Barrios – 8 min.
Places (1969) dir. Marjorie Heins – 8 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

Monday, May 6th:

6:00 PM
Architecture and Gendered Space – 61 min.
Skyscraper (Format unlisted) [1959] dir. Shirley Clarke – 21 min.
From the Ladies (1978) dir. Holly Fisher – 20 min.
Greed: Pay to Play (1987) dir. Bette Gordon – 20 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

7:00 PM
Rare Gems From the 1960s program – 77 min.
Ten Bob in Winter (1963) dir. Lloyd Reckord – 12 min.
Jemima and Johnny (35mm) [1966] dir. Lionel Ngakane – 29 min.
Death May Be Your Santa Claus (Disc) [1969] dir. Frankie Dymon – 36 min.
BAM Rose Cinemas – Part of Uncharted Territories: Black Britain on Film, 1963-1986 – Tickets

8:15 PM
Moving Through the Metropolis: Transit Images – 88 min.
The Wonder Ring (1955) dir. Stan Brakhage – 4 min.
Bridges Go Round (1958) dir. Shirley Clarke – 8 min.
Crowds (Format unlisted) [1967] dir. David Devensky – 38 min.
Taxi, Taxi (Format unlisted) [1977] dir. Bill Creston – 14 min.
Derail (Format unlisted) [1997] dir. Catalina Santamaria – 7 min.
New York Gradual (Format unlisted) [2018] dir. Gregg Bierman – 14 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

Tuesday, May 7th:

6:00 PM
The Postwar City Symphony, Part 1 – 81 min.
WeeGee’s New York (1948) dir. Arthur ‘Weegee’ Felig – 21 min.
Daybreak Express (Format unlisted) [1953] dir. D.A. Pennebaker – 5 min.
Jazz of Lights (Format unlisted) [1954] dir. Ian Hugo – 16 min.
N.Y, N.Y. (Format unlisted) [1957] dir. Francis Thompson – 15 min.
Eastside Summer (1959) dir. Rudy Burckhardt – 12 min.
Go Go Go (1964) dir. Marie Menken, 1964 – 12 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

7:30 PM
Louise Landes Levi – 70 min.
Rasa (Digital) [2023] dir. William Carrà – 40 min.
Chumlum (35mm) [1964] dir. Ron Rice – 23 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets
*Following Rasa, Landes Levi will perform a live soundtrack to Ron Rice’s hallucinatory film Chumlum

8:30 PM
The Postwar City Symphony, Part 2 – 71 min.
The Burning of New York (1967) dir. Michael Jacobson – 8 min.
N.Y.C. (No York City) (Format unlisted) [1983] dir. Rick Liss – 6 min.
Concern for the City (1982) dir. Peter Von Ziegesar – 30 min.
Dream City (1986) dir. Steven Siegel – 27 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York – Tickets

Friday, May 17th:

7:00 PM
Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiller, Prog 1 – 100 min.
August and After (2012) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 19 min.
Gladly Given (1995) dir. Jerome Hiler – 10 min.
Variations (1992-98) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 24 min.
Kodachrome Dailies from the Time of Song and Solitude (Reel 1) (2005-2006) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 40 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Illuminated Hours: Three Evenings with Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler – Tickets

Saturday, May 18th:

7:30 PM
Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiller, Prog 2: Five Kodachrome Originals, Part 1 – 70 min.
Lux Perpetua I (2000-2002/2016) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 23 min.
Lux Perpetua II (1999-2002/2016) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 31 min.
Other Archer (2003/2016) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 9 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Illuminated Hours: Three Evenings with Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler – Tickets

Sunday, May 19th:

7:30 PM
Nathaniel Dorsky & Jerome Hiller, Prog 3: Five Kodachrome Originals, Part 2 – 70 min.
Death of a Poet (2003/2016) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 21 min.
Ossuary (1995-2005/2016) dir. Nathaniel Dorsky – 43 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Illuminated Hours: Three Evenings with Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler – Tickets

Thursday, May 23rd:

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
MIX NYC: One Night Stand – 30 min.
Oblivion (1968) dir. Tom Chomont – 4 min.
Lift Off (1998) dir. Martha Colburn – 3 min.
Black & White Study (1990) dir. Peter Cramer – 8 min.
All Women Are Equal (1972) dir. Marguerite Paris – 15 min.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative – Tickets

7:30 PM
Ross McLaren – 75 min.
I.E. (1976) dir. Ross McLaren – 15 min.
Weather Building (1976) dir. Ross McLaren – 10 min.
Crash ‘n’ Burn (1977) dir. Ross McLaren – 28 min.
Wednesday, January 17, 1979 (1979) dir. Ross McLaren – 4 min.
Sex Without Glasses (1983) dir. Ross McLaren – 12 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets

Friday, May 24th:

Tuesday, May 28th:

6:30 PM
Adrien’s Sleep (1991) dir. Caroline Champetier – 24 min.
The Bear (1994) dir. Bernard Nissille – 18 min.
The Museum of Modern Art – Part of Bulle Ogier: A Tribute – Tickets

Wednesday, May 29th:

7:30 PM
Ruttmann / Stauffacher – 80 min.
Berlin, Symphony of a City (DCP) [1927] dir. Karl Freund, Carl Mayer & Walter Ruttmann – 65 min.
Sausalito (1948) dir. Frank Stauffacher – 10 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets