Moving Images - the Film-Makers' Cooperative relocates

16mm, color and b/w, sound, 14 min
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The day the Film-Makers' Cooperative was forced by loss of lease to move from their offices at Lexington Ave and 31st Street in New York City filmmaker and Coop member Joel Schlemowitz showed up with ...
Rental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC

About

The day the Film-Makers' Cooperative was forced by loss of lease to move from their offices at Lexington Ave and 31st Street in New York City filmmaker and Coop member Joel Schlemowitz showed up with a camera to document the historic moment. Rather than record the event per se, a freewheeling use of roving handheld, time lapse and double exposure were employed to create a visually evocative, impressionistic documentary about the Film-Makers' Cooperative. On the soundtrack Jonas Mekas, one of the Coop's founders, and MM Serra, the current executive director, describe the Coop's beginnings, the organization's recent struggles, and the difficulties of finding space for the arts. The Film-Makers' Cooperative, founded in 1962 as a filmmaker-run distribution center, is now the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world, with over 5,000 films and videos. Since 1967 the Coop had its offices at Lexington Ave and 31st Street New York City. It has now relocated to the Clocktower Gallery at 108 Leonard Street. Screenings include:Millennium Film Workshop, 2001; Humboldt Film Festival, 2002; Thaw02 Film and Video Festival, 2002; Art Film Festival (Solvokia), 2002; Sydney Film Festival, 2002; Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2002; Seattle Underground Film Festival, 2002; Chicago InternationalFilm Festival, 2002; Denver InternationalFilm Festival, 2002 Honorable Mention, Thaw02; Silver Plaque, 38th Chicago International Film Festival

Films

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    Diary
    Experimental

    Diary
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound
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    Channeled Energies
    Experimental

    Channeled Energies
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
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    Poem for the Past
    Experimental

    Poem for the Past
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound, 4.5 min
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    Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps
    Experimental

    Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound, 3.3 min
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    • Literarature / Theater
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    1734
    Experimental

    1734
    Joel Schlemowitz

    35mm, color, silent, 2 min
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    • Literarature / Theater
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    Bagatelle In Neon
    Experimental

    Bagatelle In Neon
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound on separate reel(s), 3 min
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    Invitation to a Voyage
    Experimental

    Invitation to a Voyage
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 4 min
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    Joel Schlemowitz - Representative Works (1990-1998)
    Experimental

    Joel Schlemowitz - Representative Works (1990-1998)
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 60 min
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    Joel Schlemowitz - Representative Works (1997-2002)
    Experimental

    Joel Schlemowitz - Representative Works (1997-2002)
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 60 min
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    Bacchanale
    Experimental

    Bacchanale
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
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    Bagatelle Biologique
    Experimental

    Bagatelle Biologique
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, black and white, sound, 4 min
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    • Body
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    All Saints Day
    Experimental

    All Saints Day
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 7 min
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    Boulder-Brooklyn, a correspondence film
    Experimental

    Boulder-Brooklyn, a correspondence film
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
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    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Environment / Nature
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    All Saints Day [2]
    Experimental

    All Saints Day [2]
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm, color, sound, 7 min
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    Loudmouth Collective/Ugly Duckling Presse
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Loudmouth Collective/Ugly Duckling Presse
    Joel Schlemowitz

    16mm and VHS, black and white, sound, 20 min
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    Grand Magic Lantern Exhibition!
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Installation

    Grand Magic Lantern Exhibition!
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound
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    • Arts / Artists
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    Teslamania
    Experimental

    Teslamania
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound, 7 min
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    • Science / Medicine
    • Technology
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    Short Experimental Films
    Experimental

    Short Experimental Films
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color and b/w, sound
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    • Arts / Artists
    • Films About Film
    • Hand-Processed
    • Literarature / Theater
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    40/4000
    Experimental

    40/4000
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound, 3.5 min
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    Dame Darcy
    Experimental

    Dame Darcy
    Joel Schlemowitz

    black and white, sound
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    • Arts / Artists
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    morning poem #38
    Experimental

    morning poem #38
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound, 2 min
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    • Literarature / Theater
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    The Glowing Woman
    Experimental

    The Glowing Woman
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound, 5 min
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    morning poem #43
    Experimental

    morning poem #43
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound, 1.5 min
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    • Literarature / Theater
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    Camera Roll for Taylor
    Experimental

    Camera Roll for Taylor
    Joel Schlemowitz

    black and white, sound, 3 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, 35mm
    • Environment / Nature
    • Landscape / Architecture
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    Louis Armstrong Obon

    Louis Armstrong Obon
    Joel Schlemowitz

    color, sound, 14 min
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    78rpm (trailer)
    Documentary

    78rpm (trailer)
    Joel Schlemowitz

    black and white, sound, 1 min
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    • Music
    • Music