1976 Movies

In 1975, as a Bicentennial special, one thousand American history buffs put on period uniforms and re-enacted the 1775 march of General Benedict Arnol...

The emergence of a "real" three dimensional object from its two-dimensional appearances is the subject of Painting in Object. The film is in negative...

Painting Lights is about a light source in reverse: how, with negative film, light becomes a source of blackness instead of illumination -how the abse...

Agulana, February 29th, 3 P.M... That day, a concert took place at the Opera, broadcasted on radio and speakers set up in the streets. The entire popu...

The Amazing Bow Wow tells the tragic tale of a hermaphroditic dog, reduced to performing as a tent-show freak. Problems begin when Bow Wow's owners, s...

"Playing peek-a-boo with the moon."– Jane Brakhage, August 1977

This concert film made in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1976 captures a memorable performance conducted by the doyen of American com...

Black and White Drawing is about the two dimensionality of the film frame and the illusion of three dimensionality created by drawing. A sheet of gray...

Using a felt-tip pen, Partum draws geometric figures on a TV screen which displays a news broadcast filled with propaganda delivered by the country’s...

Monique (an advertising assistant) and Christine (a semi-skilled worker) talk about how difficult it is for a woman working in a struggling factory (L...

Shot in the Kosovar village of Nevokaze, it depicts the traditional lifestyle of an Albanian family numbering 117 members, all living under one roof a...

The story of Gurdaspur-based Ranu, whose mother passes away, leaving her in the care of their servant, Rudhumal. Her alcoholic dad is more interested...

The Kornstock comedy troupe sang song parodies, ad-libbed one-liners and transformed themselves into manic characters for appreciative audiences on TV...

This is a example of early video art using the color capability of the Sandin Analogue Image Processor - the "Color IP".

"Abstract video art created in 1976. Video by Dean Winkler and Chris Lambiase. Music by Terry Riley. This was created in real time using an RE-4 Rutt/...

In a nearly bare loft space, Weiner's performers cluster around an octagonal pink table, enacting a series of what seem to be choreographed exercises...