Shirley Clarke Movies

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

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

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

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...

Shirley Clarke manipulated the colors of her short film 'Bullfight' to great effect. Much of her final version had a strong red tint. These are the...

"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

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

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

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

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

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

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

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

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

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...

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...

'In Paris Parks' outtakes reveal a little more of Shirley Clarke's filmmaking process.