The Film-Makers' Cooperative

The New American Cinema Group

The largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world

Catalogue

  • Window Water Baby Moving

    16mm, color, silent, 12 min
    Stan Brakhage
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  • Meshes of the Afternoon

    16mm, black and white, sound, 14 min
    Maya Deren
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  • A Matter of Baobab

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
    Pola Chapelle
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  • Un Chant D'Amour

    16mm, black and white, silent, 26.5 min
    Jean Genet
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  • Mirror Animations

    color, sound, 11 min
    Harry Smith
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  • Chumlum

    16mm, color, sound, 26 min
    Ron Rice
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  • Bridges-Go-Round

    16mm, color, sound, 7.5 min
    Shirley Clarke
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Programs

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    Three by Sheila Paige and the Miss America Protest

    Four films exploring feminist topics and the Miss America beauty pageant in the 1960s and '70s, for the FMC's multi-program series "Films for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded"

    For the fifth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, at 7pm, for an essential lineup of films from the 1960s and '70s by feminist activist and filmmaker Sheila Paige, plus a Newsreel documentary about the 1969 Miss America pageant and resulting protest. Curated by Robert Schneider.

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    Andy Warhol's Screen Tests In Context

    Six films by FMC artists involved in Warhol's Factory Scene, in conjunction with the Ki Smith Gallery's "Screen Tests" Exhibition

    On Sunday, March 24th, 2024, at 4pm, join us at the Ki Smith Gallery for six fascinating films from our collection by artists involved and/or inspired by Andy Warhol's Factory scene in the mid-1960s.

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    Portraits of Trans Lives c. 1970

    Four films chronicling trans lives and experiences in the late 1960s and early 1970s, for the FMC's multi-program series "Films for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded"

    For the fourth program in our multi-program screening series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at Maysles Documentary Center on March 22nd, 2024, at 7pm, for four filmic portraits of trans lives and experiences from the late 1960s and early 1970s, curated by Lucy Allen.

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    The Elysian Park Love-In and the Destruction of the People's Park

    Four films chronicling the Elysian Park Love-In and related demonstrations for the FMC's multi-program series "Films for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded"

    For the third screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room on March 11th, 2024, at 7pm, for four films chronicling the Elysian Park Love-In, the People's Park, and related protests and demonstrations in the late 1960s.

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    Before Newsreel: Documenting Antiwar Protests on the East Coast

    Four films chronicling anti-Vietnam War protests, for the FMC's multi-program series "Films for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded"

    For the second screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on March 4th, 2024, at 7pm, for four films chronicling anti-Vietnam war efforts on the East Coast.

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    Five Films by Leonard M. Henny

    Five Henny films at Light Industry for the FMC's multi-program series "Films for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded"

    For the first screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at Light Industry on February 20th, 2024, at 7:30pm, to see five films by Dutch sociologist and filmmaker Leonard M. Henny (founder of "Films for Social Change"), curated by FMC Executive Director Tom Day.

Filmmakers

  • Maya Deren

    9 films in catalogue
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  • Jack Smith

    11 films in catalogue
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  • Stan Brakhage

    276 films in catalogue
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  • Hollis Frampton

    47 films in catalogue
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  • Takahiko Iimura

    79 films in catalogue
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  • Jonas Mekas

    48 films in catalogue
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  • Ken Jacobs

    51 films in catalogue
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Screenings & Workshops

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    Jon Jost's "Speaking Directly: Some American Notes"

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    For the eighth and final screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on April 17th, at 7pm, for the politically trenchant and deeply personal feature, SPEAKING DIRECTLY: SOME AMERICAN NOTES, made by artist, activist, and political prisoner Jon Jost.

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    Chicago 1968

    Maysles Documentary Center

    For the seventh screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the Maysles Documentary Center on April 12th, at 7pm, for two astounding documentaries chronicling the cultural climate and major sociopolitical events surrounding and following the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

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    The Draft

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    For the sixth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on April 3rd, at 7pm, for four vital films about the Vietnam War draft and draft-dodging, spanning 1966 to 1973.

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    Three by Sheila Paige and the Miss America Protest

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    For the fifth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, March 27th, at 7pm, for an essential lineup of films from the 1960s and '70s by feminist activist and filmmaker Sheila Paige, in addition to a Newsreel documentary about the 1969 Miss America pageant and resulting protest. Curated by Robert Schneider.

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    Andy Warhol's Screen Tests In Context

    Ki Smith Gallery

    On Sunday, March 24th, at 4pm, join us at the Ki Smith Gallery for six fascinating films from our collection by artists involved and/or inspired by Andy Warhol's Factory scene in the mid-1960s.

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    Portraits of Trans Lives c. 1970

    Maysles Documentary Center

    For the fourth program in our multi-program screening series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at Maysles Documentary Center on Friday, March 22nd, at 7pm, for four filmic portraits of trans lives and experiences from the late 1960s and early 1970s, curated by Lucy Talbot Allen.

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    Two Films by Alexis Krasilovsky

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    On Wednesday, March 13th, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for two essential works by prolific filmmaker and longtime FMC member Alexis Krasilovsky!

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    The Elysian Park Love-In and the Destruction of the People's Park

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    For the third screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room on March 11th, at 7pm, for four films chronicling the Elysian Park Love-In, the creation and destruction of the People's Park in Berkeley, California, and related protests and demonstrations in the late 1960s.

Archive

  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 9/10

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  • Filmmakers' Cinematheque Flyer

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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 8

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  • Storm De Hirsch Poetry Album

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  • Critic Jyushin Sato and filmmaker Takahiko Iimura at the offices of Filmmakers’ Coop

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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 4

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News

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    Introducing the Coop's New Director, Tom Day

    Introducing the Coop's New Director, Tom Day

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative Board of Directors is pleased to announce the organization’s new Executive Director, Tom Day.  

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    Celebrating MM Serra's Legacy at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    Celebrating MM Serra's Legacy at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative/New American Cinema Group announces that MM Serra will be transitioning from her current role as Executive Director after over thirty years of dedicated service to the organization. During this transition period, the Board of Directors will continue the Coop’s daily operations in conjunction with its staff.

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    RE:VOIR & FMC Collaborations

    RE:VOIR & FMC Collaborations

    New DVD Compilations of Storm De Hirsch, Larry Gottheim, and MM Serra!

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    In Solidarity - Protest Films in a Time of Crisis

    In Solidarity - Protest Films in a Time of Crisis

    Submit your short films of protest and action in the streets. Submissions can be anywhere between 3-5 minutes. The deadline is October 1, 2020.

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    Andy Warhol Film Project: Queer Space

    Andy Warhol Film Project: Queer Space

    Q&A with curator Claire K. Henry at Mana Contemporary Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306, 3-5 PM Tickets free with FMC membership

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    Kinoklub Zagreb and the Cinematic Experiment: A Screening, Lecture, and Discussion with Zorko Sirotic

    Kinoklub Zagreb and the Cinematic Experiment: A Screening, Lecture, and Discussion with Zorko Sirotic

    Screening of selected films made by the members of Kinoklub Zagreb during the last decade, followed by discussion and presentation of Kinoklub Zagreb and the ways of alternative film production in Croatia.

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    Into the Queer Beyond and Back Again

    Into the Queer Beyond and Back Again

    MANA Contemporary screening of works by Peter Cramer and Jack Waters

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    New Year New Work 2019 Program II

    New Year New Work 2019 Program II

    Second night of screenings

About Charles S. Cohen

“I was in a position to help, and I thought that I should. They are a wonderful group doing important work, and there is no other place to go and see this kind of thing. They needed a storage space for their archives, and this meets their needs.”

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative / New American Cinema Group is very grateful to our benefactor, Charles S. Cohen, whose generous support allows us to thrive in New York City.

Our on-location screening room has been named in his honor.