Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970

Commencing in 1920 with Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand's creative collaboration on Manhatta, successive generations of experimental filmmakers and artists have worked in collaboration or alone to create a cinema capable of expressing dynamic unspoken concepts in totally abstract visual terms. Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection in cooperation with Filmmakers Showcase are proud to present this premiere collection of 37 films created by some of the most acclaimed names of American Avant-garde experimental filmmaking.

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Lonesome Cowboys

Lonesome Cowboys

1968

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

1986

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

1971

Crazy Love

1971

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

1968

Device

Device

1996

The House of Dust

The House of Dust

2021

Narcissicon

Narcissicon

1973

Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

2016

La calle del Agua

La calle del Agua

2020

Sometimes I think about things, and sometimes I get sad.

Sometimes I think about things, and sometimes I get sad.

2020

Plastic Jesus

Plastic Jesus

1971

Liminality & Communitas

Liminality & Communitas

2018

Coming of Age: Vol. 1

Coming of Age: Vol. 1

2009

Coming of Age: Vol. 3

Coming of Age: Vol. 3

2010

Coming of Age: Vol. 4

Coming of Age: Vol. 4

2011

Coming of Age: Vol. 7

Coming of Age: Vol. 7

2021

Pounds of Matter

Pounds of Matter

2022

Tiya's Dream

Tiya's Dream

2008

Solidão no Fundo da Agulha

Solidão no Fundo da Agulha

2021