Hilary Harris Trailers
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Most Popular Hilary Harris Trailers
Total trailers found: 13
Seawards the Great Ships Trailer (1960)
04 March 1960
Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still one of the world's great centres of shipbuilding.
Longhorns Trailer (1951)
23 May 1951
Longhorns is cine-dance with a surrealist tang. There are no human figures in this early short from Hilary Harris, only a pair of Texas longhorns turning endless spirals in the tall reeds of a New York inlet.
Element Trailer (1973)
02 April 1973
Like female artists in other forms - Carolee Schneeman, Versuchka, Charlotte Moorman- who covered their bodies with earth and paint and chocolate, Greenfield in Element reveals a femaleness both transgressive and erotic.
Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
A 30-minute film about Helen Frankenthaler, who invented the stained canvas at the age of 24 and influenced a whole generation of "color field" painters.
The Nuer Trailer (1970)
01 December 1970
Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about their cattle, and depicts the psychological bonds between them.
For Life, Against the War Trailer (1967)
30 January 1967
First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in style and sensibility but united by their opposition to the Vietnam War.
Organism Trailer (1975)
23 May 1975
Filmed between 1959 and 1974 using pioneering time-lapse techniques, Hilary Harris’ experimental documentary presents New York City as a living organism.
9 Variations on a Dance Theme Trailer (1967)
31 January 1967
Bettie de Jong performs the same dance nine times, starting and ending in a reclined position. As the film proceeds the camera becomes more and more adventurous.
Polaris Action Trailer (1960)
01 January 1960
Since June 1, 1960, the Committee for Nonviolent Action (CNVA) had been in New London and Groton, CT for Polaris Action, a summer-long campaign to disrupt the production of nuclear-armed submarines at General Dynamics: Electric Boat and to educate the public about the dangers of the nuclear arms race.
Highway Trailer (1958)
22 April 1958
Hilary Harris’ nervy tour of Robert Moses’ New York hearkens back to the classic city symphonies of the 1920s but cut to fit the “go go go” energy of the new era.
The Draft Card Burners Trailer (1966)
11 August 1966
This film shows draft card burning demonstrations that took place in New York City during the fall of 1965, relating these incidents to the protests against the draft system & the war in Vietnam.
