The Decade Rock Exploded

A program of FMC titles exploring '60s rock, part of the series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music"
6 films
Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 2nd, 2024, at 7pm, as we kick off our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC with seven enthralling yet rarely-screened 16mm rock documents from the 1960s... the decade the genre exploded.

Films

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    Documentary
    Experimental

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    Thom Andersen

    16mm, color, sound, 11 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Music
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    Apropos of San Francisco
    Experimental

    Apropos of San Francisco
    Charles I. Levine

    16mm, color and b/w, optical sound, 4.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Music
    • Structural
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    Be-In
    Documentary

    Be-In
    Jerry Abrams

    16mm, color, sound, 7 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • History
    • Music
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Fugs: Sights and Sounds of the Lower East Side
    Experimental

    Fugs: Sights and Sounds of the Lower East Side
    Edward English

    16mm, color, sound, 12.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Environment / Nature
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    The Who
    Documentary
    Experimental

    The Who
    M. Jon Rubin

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Music
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    1 X 1
    Experimental

    1 X 1
    Andrew Meyer

    16mm, black and white, sound, 12 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Children / Youth
    • Children / Youth

Description

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 2nd, 2024, at 7pm, as we kick off our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC with seven enthralling yet rarely-screened 16mm rock documents from the 1960s... the decade the genre exploded.

  1. __ _ _______ _ (a.k.a. The Rock n Roll Movie), Thom Anderson, 1967, 16mm, color, sound, 11 minutes
  2. Apropo of San Francisco, Charles Levine, 1968, 16mm, color, sound, 5 minutes
  3. Be-In, Jerry Abrams, 1969, 16mm, color, sound 7 minutes
  4. The Fugs: Sights and Sounds of the Lower East Side, Edward English, 1966, 16mm, color and B&W, sound, 13 minutes
  5. The Who, M. John Rubin, 1969, 16mm, color, sound, 3 minutes
  6. 1 x 1, Andrew Meyer, 1965, 16mm, B&W, sound, 12 minutes
  7. Steve Miller Band / Big Mama Thornton, Ben Van Heter, 1965, 16mm, color, silent, 3 minutes

Total Run Time: 54 minutes