Farm Diary

standard 8mm, color, silent, 64 min
scans not available
The Farm's first ten months. Peter Orlovsky, Candy O'Brien, Allen Ginsberg, Julius Orlovsky, Gordon Ball, Ed The Hermit, Gregory Corso, Bessie, Panda Manda, Godly & Sadeyes, Myon Wiles, Stephen ...
Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file, regular 8mm

About

The Farm's first ten months. Peter Orlovsky, Candy O'Brien, Allen Ginsberg, Julius Orlovsky, Gordon Ball, Ed The Hermit, Gregory Corso, Bessie, Panda Manda, Godly & Sadeyes, Myon Wiles, Stephen Bornstien, Papa Duck, Barbara Pionteck, Amy Raccoon, Herbert Huncke, Malcom & Tyger, Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva, Jim Forratt, Sonja, Lygia, Cyril, Enrique, Louis Cartwright, Maretta, salamanders, hawkeyes, timothy, yarrow, morning glories, corn, pumpkin, elm, maple, ash, & many other energies. Cleaning the well, reading the paper, chanting Prajna Paramitra Sutra, tilling the earth, sipping coffee, picniking, the sun setting, the sun rising, mist settling, motoring through the countryside, building the woodshed, digging for the hidden well, the morning walk, bathing, horseshoing, caressing the cow, cutting wood, the annual parade, the sun yellowing leaves, the leaves wrinkling, the leaves fallen and blown, the snow, sledding, bearing water through the snow, 17 below, the blizzard. the end. Gordon Ball spent long patient seasons milking Bessie, tilling the earth, and squinting through 8mm lenses at home nature on mountain top farm filled with ghostly strangers and so documents and archetypal first year back to the land. – Allen Ginsburg [available on Super 8 or 16mm]

Programs

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    Places, Politics, Performances: Diaries from the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    Silent diary films from the FMC collection, curated by Matt McKinzie and Robert Schneider for the B-Roll Zine Bazaar at Mana Contemporary, organized by Saint Piñero and Sage Ó Tuama

    Join us at Mana Contemporary on Sunday, October 20th, 2024, at 12pm, for a program of silent diary films from the FMC's collection, curated by Matt McKinzie and Robert Schneider for B-Roll Zine Bazaar, organized by Saint Piñero and Sage Ó Tuama of Film Diary NYC!

Films

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    Georgia
    Experimental

    Georgia
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, sound on separate reel(s), 3.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Films By Gordon Ball
    Experimental

    Films By Gordon Ball
    Gordon Ball

    color, sound, 68 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Family
    • History
    • Political / Social Activism
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    About My House
    Experimental

    About My House
    Gordon Ball

    Super 8mm, color and b/w, silent, 38.5 min
    Rental format: regular 8mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Sitting
    Experimental

    Sitting
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, silent, 1.75 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    Father Movie

    Father Movie
    Gordon Ball

    super 8mm, color, silent, 9.75 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, super8
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    Prothalamion
    Documentary

    Prothalamion
    Gordon Ball

    super 8mm, color, silent, 4 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, super8
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    Birds Nest Soup
    Narrative

    Birds Nest Soup
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, silent, 4 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Ethnographic
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    Enthusiasm
    Experimental

    Enthusiasm
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 13 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Mexican Jail Footage
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Mexican Jail Footage
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, sound, 17.3 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • History
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    Clouds of Glory
    Experimental

    Clouds of Glory
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, silent, 12.3 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Children / Youth
    • Family
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Millbrook
    Experimental

    Millbrook
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, sound, 9 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Environment / Nature
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    Do Poznania Conversations in Poland
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    Do Poznania Conversations in Poland
    Gordon Ball

    16mm, color, sound, 17 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Landscape / Architecture