Shirley Clarke
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Biography
A major figure of the American avant garde, Shirley Brimberg Clarke (1919-1997) was born into privilege as the daughter of Polish-Jewish immigrants who made their fortune in manufacturing. Rebelling against a repressive bourgeois upbringing, Clarke turned first to dance, and later film and video, to express her distinctive vision of the world. Moving freely across genres and media throughout her career (and often within a single work), Clarke’s cinema explores the porous boundaries between narrative and documentary filmmaking, and film and other media, such as painting, dance, performance and…
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Shirley Brimberg · 셜리 클라크
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Movie
Lions Love
1969 · Movie
The Cool World
1964 · Movie
Up Your Legs Forever
1971 · Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986 · Movie
Birth of a Nation
1997 · Movie
For Life, Against the War
1967 · Movie
Underground New York
1968 · Movie
The Connection
1962 · Movie
Ornette: Made in America
1986 · Movie
Happy Birthday to John
1997 · Movie
Portrait of Jason
1967 · Movie