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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Totally F***ed Up

Totally F***ed Up

1994

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

Smash Cuts! Super Sci-Fi Shorts Fest

2001

Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)

Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)

Thot-Fal'N

Thot-Fal'N

1978

Pink Hill

Pink Hill

2019

HoLy Cycles

HoLy Cycles

2017

Endless Day

Endless Day

1971

The Sacred Disease

2016

ami. exe

ami. exe

2017

Group Portrait as a Still Life

Group Portrait as a Still Life

1993

Dreams That Money Can Buy

Dreams That Money Can Buy

1947

The Howl

The Howl

1970

Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls

Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls

1988

Preface to a History

Preface to a History

2024

Screen Test [ST33]: Ann Buchanan

Screen Test [ST33]: Ann Buchanan

1964

Bullet in the Head

Bullet in the Head

2008

Biljana Returned from London

Biljana Returned from London

1976

Congo

Congo

1972

KM 9

KM 9

2022

Running Shadow

Running Shadow

1971