Shirley Clarke Movies

A 1957 rehearsal film test for a dance film inspired by Pablo Picasso's 'Family of Saltimbanques'. Anna Sokolow can be seen on the lower left of the...

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

In 1953, Shirley Clarke went to make a film about French mime Ettiene Decroux. The legend goes that he had left town and instead, she created In...

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...

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

A couple in love interacts across a multitude of environments.

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

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

UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Interviewees sit in the Modnar Machine and reflect on...

Short experimental film

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...