Jewels and Gem’s Film Makers Coop

“Music in Motion: A Celebration of Sonic Cinema,” curated by Cary Kehayan. Program includes: Jud Yalkut, “China Cat Sunflower” (1973, color, sound, 4 min.), a bootleg film production with the Grateful Dead; Thom Andersen, “— ——-” (1967, color, sound, 11 min), a documentary about rock ‘n’ roll: making, buying, selling; Heather McAdams, “Black Coffee” (1985, color & b/w, sound, 4 min.), Shots of McAdams crawling the walls merge seamlessly with old coffee commercials, set to the sultry Pat Suzuki song, “Black Coffee”; Ross McLaren, “Crash ‘n’ Burn” (1977, b/w, sound, 27 min.) dealing with Toronto’s first punk rock club, featuring performances by The Dead Boys, Teenage Head and the Diodes; David Brooks, “Letter to D. H. in Paris” (1967, color, sound, 4 min.), bucolic scenes hypnotize the viewer as the sound track shifts from ambient to folk; Matt Hoffman, “Meter Maiden” (1965, color, sound, 7 min), also made with Lee Brozgold and Alix Schneeberg, op, pop, and the Beatles meet the New York City traffic bureau; Robert Cowan, “Jangleflex” (1968, color, sound, 8.5 min), an abstract, rhythmically cut film with various images of women, some of whom are dancers, sound track by Cowan; M. Henry Jones, “Soul City” (1979, color, sound, 2 min), Fleshtones perform “Soul City” as tiny black & white cut-out figures dance.

Jewels and Gem’s Film Makers Coop is presented as part of the Collective:Unconscious Underground Zero Festival.