Cine-Syncopation: Jazz on Film

Four FMC film and video artworks exploring jazz music, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"
4 films
​For the second program in our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 23rd, 2024, at 7pm, for an hour-long slate of subversive and rarely-screened films and video art from our collection about, or featuring, jazz!

Films

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    Jazz Dance
    Experimental

    Jazz Dance
    Doris Chase

    16mm, color, sound, 4 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
    • Dance
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    Bridges-Go-Round
    Experimental

    Bridges-Go-Round
    Shirley Clarke

    16mm, color, sound, 7.5 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Philosophical
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Arts / Artists
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    Bessie Smith
    Experimental

    Bessie Smith
    Charles I. Levine

    16mm, black and white, sound, 13.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Music
    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    New York Eye And Ear Control
    Experimental

    New York Eye And Ear Control
    Michael Snow

    16mm, black and white, sound, 34 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Music
    • Environment / Nature
    • Arts / Artists

Description

​For the second program in our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 23rd, 2024, at 7pm, for an hour-long slate of subversive and rarely-screened films and video art from our collection about, or featuring, jazz!

  1. Jazz Dance, Doris Chase, 1975, video, color, sound, 4 minutes
  2. Bridges-Go-Round, Shirley Clarke, 1959, 16mm, color, sound, 8 minutes
  3. Bessie Smith, Charles Levine, 1969, 16mm, B&W, sound, 14 minutes
  4. New York Eye and Ear Control, Michael Snow, 1964, 16mm, B&W, sound, 34 minutes

Total Run Time: 60 minutes