475 Park Ave South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm
a.k.a. The New American Cinema Group. Est. 1961.
The largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world.
HORSE/KAPPA/HOUSE (1995) 33 min., sound b/w & color, 16mm - Inspired by Yanagita Kunio's book of regional folktales, The Legends of Tono. HORSE/KAPPA/HOUSE records the landscape in several small villages throughout Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Animation sequences by Sumiaki Ishida.
An Abu's Warning (1992) 50 min., silent, b/w & color, 16mm - A 20th century traveler comes to Japan and is confronted by a landscape, its inhabitants and cultural traditions quite different from his own experiences. Shot in the summer, 1987.
Afterthoughts on a Legend (2002) 10 min., silent, color & b/w, 16mm - A response to the inklings that resonate ten years after a trip to Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world. Created by artists in 1961 as the distribution branch of the New American Cinema Group, the Coop has more than 5,000 films, videotapes, and DVDs in its collection.
475 Park Ave South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm