The Film-Makers' Cooperative

The New American Cinema Group

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

Catalogue

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

Programs

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    Public Art Fund x The Film-Makers' Cooperative: Water Works

    A selection of FMC films about water projected in the drained Hamilton Fish Pool

    On Saturday, September 21st, and Friday, September 27th, 2024, from 6-10pm, join us at Hamilton Fish Pool for "Water Works": the first iteration of Public Art Fund's ongoing series NO SWIMSUIT REQUIRED, which features a selection of FMC films presented in an interactive, Expanded Cinema format!

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    Experimental Composers: Two Portraits

    A double bill of documentaries about experimental composers, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"

    ​​Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, September 20th, 2024, at 7pm, for two engaging filmic portraits of experimental composers Martin Bartlett and Tony Conrad, as part of our series ​SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC​.

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    Visual Dissonance (And Other Kinds of Noise): Two Punk and Hardcore Documents

    Two punk rock and hardcore documentaries, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"

    ​​Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, September 13th, 2024, at 7pm, for two seminal documents of the punk and hardcore scenes of the '70s and '80s, Dan Graham's ​ROCK MY RELIGION ​and Ross McLaren's ​CRASH 'N' BURN​, as part of our series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC​!

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    Music Videos from the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    A program of music videos and music video-related work from the FMC, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"

    ​​Join us on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, at 7pm, for a dazzling smorgasbord of music videos (and music video-related works) from the Coop's vast collection, curated by Matt McKinzie, as part of our series ​SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC!

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    The Motown Sound and the Queer Underground

    A program of '60s queer avant-garde shorts featuring the "Motown Sound" at Spectacle Theater, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"

    Join us at Spectacle Theater on Friday, August 30th, 2024, at 7pm, for five queer avant-garde shorts from the 1960s featuring the "Motown sound," curated by Matt McKinzie, as part of our series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC.

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    Jud Yalkut's Aural Adventures

    A program of music-themed Yalkut films at Spectacle Theater, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"

    Join us at Spectacle Theater on Friday, August 30th, 2024, at 6:30pm, for a series of music-themed films by legendary experimental filmmaker and early video art pioneer Jud Yalkut!

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Artists

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

Screenings & Workshops

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    John Akomfrah's "The Last Angel of History"

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Tuesday, September 24th, at 7pm, for John Akomfrah's fascinating Afrofuturistic feature film THE LAST ANGEL OF HISTORY, presented by Chris Stoddard!

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    Public Art Fund x The Film-Makers' Cooperative: Water Works

    Houston and Pitt Street Hamilton Fish Park

    On Saturday, September 21st, and Friday, September 27th, from 6-10pm, join us at Hamilton Fish Pool for "Water Works": the first iteration of Public Art Fund's ongoing series NO SWIMSUIT REQUIRED, which features a selection of FMC films presented in an interactive, Expanded Cinema format!

  • See More

    Experimental Composers: Two Portraits

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    ​​Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, September 20th, at 7pm, for two engaging filmic portraits of experimental composers Martin Bartlett and Tony Conrad, as part of our series ​SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC​.

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    Visual Dissonance (And Other Kinds of Noise): Two Punk and Hardcore Documents

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    ​​Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Wednesday, September 11th, at 7pm, for two seminal documents of the punk and hardcore scenes of the '70s and '80s, Dan Graham's ​ROCK MY RELIGION ​and Ross McLaren's ​CRASH 'N' BURN​, as part of our series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC​!

  • See More

    Music Videos from the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    ​​Join us on Wednesday, September 4th, at 7pm, for a dazzling smorgasbord of music videos (and music video-related works) from the Coop's vast collection, curated by Matt McKinzie, as part of our series ​SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC!

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    The Motown Sound and the Queer Underground

    Spectacle Microcinema

    Join us at Spectacle Theater on Friday, August 30th, at 7:30pm, for five queer avant-garde shorts from the 1960s featuring the "Motown sound," curated by Matt McKinzie.

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    Jud Yalkut's Aural Adventures

    Spectacle Microcinema

    Join us at Spectacle Theater on Friday, August 30th, at 6:30pm, for a series of music-themed films by legendary experimental filmmaker and early video art pioneer Jud Yalkut!

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    Cine-Syncopation: Jazz on Film

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    ​For the fourth program in our summer series "​Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music​," join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 23rd, at 7pm, for an hour-long slate of subversive and rarely-screened films and videos from our collection about, or featuring, jazz!

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Archive

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

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

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About Charles S. Cohen

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.

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