Shorts Program Archive – September 2025

Saturday, September 6th:

3:45 PM
Maya Deren – 55 min.
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) dir. Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid – 14 min.
At Land (1944) dir. Maya Deren – 15 min.
A Study in Choreography For Camera (1945) dir. Maya Deren – 3 min.
Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946) dir. Maya Deren – 15 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets

Thursday, September 11th:

9:00 PM
Malcolm X, PGM 2: Black Television – 110 min.
A Tribute to Malcolm X (1967) dir. Madeline Anderson – 16 min.
X 1/2: The Legacy of Malcolm X (Video) [1994] dir. Black Planet Productions – 45 min.
Black Journal Episode 51: “Who Killed Malcolm?” (Video) [1972] – 45 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Malcolm X: Multidimensional – Tickets

Friday, September 12th:

6:30 PM
Malcolm X, PGM 3: Fabricated Images – 85 min.
Malcolm X Press Conference On Deadly Police Raid In Los Angeles (Digital) [1962] – 10 min.
Perfect Film (1985) dir. Ken Jacobs – 24 min.
No Sell Out… or i wnt 2 b th ultimate commodity/ machine (Malcolm X Pt. 2) (Digital) [1995] dir. X-PRZ [Tony Cokes, Doug Anderson, Kenseth Armstead, and Mark Pierson] – 5 min.
X – The Baby Cinema (1992) dir. Robert Banks – 4 min.
Black Liberation / Silent Revolution (DCP) [1967] dir. Edouard de Laurot – 37 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Malcolm X: Multidimensional – Tickets

Saturday, September 13th:

5:30 PM
Tomonari Nishikawa, PGM 1 – 60 min.
Apollo (2003) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 min.
Market Street (2005) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 5 min.
Clear Blue Sky (Digital) [2006] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 4 min.
Sketch Film #1-5 (Super-8mm) [2005-07] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 15 min.
Into the Mass (16mm double projection) [2007] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 min.
16-18-4 (35mm) [2008] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 3 min.
Lumphini 2552 (35mm) [2009] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 3 min.
Tokyo – Ebisu (2010) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 5 min.
Shibuya – Tokyo (2010) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 10 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Tomonari Nishikawa – Tickets

8:00 PM
Tomonari Nishikawa, PGM 2 – 55 min.
45 7 Broadway (2013) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 5 min.
Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars (35mm) [2014] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 2 min.
Manhattan One Two Three Four (Super-8mm) [2014] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 3 min.
Luminous Veil (Digital) [2016] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 min.
Ten Mornings Ten Evenings and One Horizon (2016) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 10 min.
Amusement Ride (2019) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 min.
Trafic (Digital) [2021] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 7 min.
Magnetic Point (Digital) [2023] dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 min.
Light, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, Smoke (2023) dir. Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Tomonari Nishikawa – Tickets

Sunday, September 14th:

Wednesday, September 17th:

6:30 PM
Malcolm X, PGM 2: Black Television – 110 min.
A Tribute to Malcolm X (1967) dir. Madeline Anderson – 16 min.
X 1/2: The Legacy of Malcolm X (Video) [1994] dir. Black Planet Productions – 45 min.
Black Journal Episode 51: “Who Killed Malcolm?” (Video) [1972] – 45 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Malcolm X: Multidimensional – Tickets

9:15 PM
Malcolm X, PGM 3: Fabricated Images – 85 min.
Malcolm X Press Conference On Deadly Police Raid In Los Angeles (Digital) [1962] – 10 min.
Perfect Film (1985) dir. Ken Jacobs – 24 min.
No Sell Out… or i wnt 2 b th ultimate commodity/ machine (Malcolm X Pt. 2) (Digital) [1995] dir. X-PRZ [Tony Cokes, Doug Anderson, Kenseth Armstead, and Mark Pierson] – 5 min.
X – The Baby Cinema (1992) dir. Robert Banks – 4 min.
Black Liberation / Silent Revolution (DCP) [1967] dir. Edouard de Laurot – 37 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Malcolm X: Multidimensional – Tickets

Saturday, September 20th:

12:00 PM
Saturday Afternoon Cartoons: School is Cool – 60 min.
Stathes joins Metrograph in late September with School is Cool, a selection of vintage animated shorts that focus on education and learning. Come enjoy a grumpy farmer’s foray into running a schoolhouse; an overgrown duckling’s disastrous chemistry lesson; a foolish fish playing hooky; a jazz-age retelling of Mary’s Little Lamb; and other fun tales. Spanning the 1930s through the ’50s, this assortment showcases classic characters such as Farmer Alfalfa, Little Lulu, Gumby, Baby Huey, and others.
Metrograph – Part of Screen Time at Metrograph – Tickets
*Featuring introduction and Q&A with Stathes

Saturday, September 27th:

5:30 PM
P. Adams Sitney Short Film PGM
Walden: Reel 2 (1969) dir. Jonas Mekas – 40 min.
The Fallen World (1983) dir. Marjorie Keller – 10 min.
Private Parts (1988) dir. Marjorie Keller – 13 min.
Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie (1961) dir. Stan Brakhage – 4 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of P. Adams Sitney (1944-2025) – Tickets