Film

2 upcoming events

Next on Sun, Sep 27, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

Member tickets available Sep 13

Explore category and above

All tickets available Sep 20

Children Make Movies. 1961. USA. Directed by DeeDee Halleck. 9 mins. 16mm.
Peyote Queen. 1965. USA. Directed by Storm DeHirsch. 9 mins. 16mm.
Alchemy Blues. 1974. USA. Directed by Olga Spiegel. 10 mins. 16mm.
Landfill 16. 2011. USA. Directed by Jennifer Reeves. 9 mins. 16mm.
Gently Down the Stream. 1981. USA. Directed by Su Friedrich. 13 mins. 16mm.
Alchemy of the Word. 1975. USA. Directed by Peter Von Ziegesar. 9 mins. 16mm.
Footprints. 1992. USA. Directed by Bill Morrison. 6 mins. 16mm.
Bagatelle Biologique. 2000. USA. Directed by Joel Schlemowitz. 4 mins. 16mm.
Second Notes. 2024. USA. Directed by Julia Petrocelli. 4 mins. Silent. Digital.
Seance. 2017. USA. Directed by Mark Street. 3 mins. Digital.
Hello...?. 1975. USA. Directed by Eduardo Darino. 7 mins. Digital.

No camera? No problem. The material constraints of ultra-low-budget filmmaking have always required creative solutions. The works in this program rise to that challenge, casting the medium itself as a main character. Whether this involves painting a psychedelic riot of color onto the surface of a filmstrip - as in Peyote Queen and Alchemy Blues - or arming small children with safety pins to scratch away at its surface (Children Make Movies), the possibilities are endless. Found footage is another popular resource: Filmmakers use scientific and instructional films as material for parody or conspiratorial thinking—and more surfaces for drawing and cutting. Recycled images provide fodder for satirical hand-crafted animation; reused words and sounds invite poetic free association. And, of course, few films could claim to be more “underground” than Landfill 16, which was deliberately buried by its creator, left to be consumed by fungi, and later unearthed for a second visual feast.

This film accompanies Long Live the Underground! Celebrating Six Decades of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Millennium Film Workshop.

Events

Sun, Sep 27, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Member tickets available Sep 13

Explore category and above

All tickets available Sep 20
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Wed, Sep 30, 7:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Member tickets available Sep 16

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All tickets available Sep 23
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