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  1. António Campos and the Promise of Cinema Novo

  2. Godfrey Reggio / IRE Collection

  3. Psychedelic Cinema

  4. Amos Vogel Annenberg School of Communications Collection

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Psychedelic Cinema

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Melville et Cie.

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    Belarmino
    Directed by Fernando Lopes, 1964
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    Change of Life
    Directed by Paulo Rocha, 1966
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    Lucifer Rising / Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
    Directed by Kenneth Anger,
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    El Topo
    Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970
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    Paths
    Directed by João César Monteiro, 1977
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    Vilarinho das Furnas
    Directed by António Campos, 1971
    José Manuel Costa in Conversation with Haden Guest
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Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith

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Boston Punk Rewound / Unbound.
The Arthur Freedman Collection

sepia photo of Artie Freedman in silhouette with a video camera at show
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The Yugoslav Junction: Film and Internationalism in the SFRY, 1957 – 1988

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From the Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection

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a mausoleum that looks like a miniature Spanish cathedral, next to a variety of others, against an evening sky

The Night Watchman by Natalia Almada

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Wings of a Serf

a double-exposed image that includes a 16th century Russian man being fed grapes by another amid decadent decor
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a close-up of a Bissau-Guinean woman wearing a scarf on her head and looking directly at the camera with a slight smile

Le Dépays + Sans soleil

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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Belarmino
Directed by Fernando Lopes, 1964
Belarmino looking down in a wash basin while a man behind him combs his hair in front of a hanging mirror
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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Change of Life
Directed by Paulo Rocha, 1966
a man sits outside next to Isabel Ruth who holds his hand in both of hers

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Psychedelic Cinema
Lucifer Rising / Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Screening on Film
a saturated, multiple-exposed image of people in various costumes and a woman's red face
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Psychedelic Cinema
El Topo
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970
Screening on Film
two figures in the desert wearing hats, their faces covered by cloths

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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Paths
Directed by João César Monteiro, 1977
the view of a woman's face as she lies down with her head back, seen from the head of the bed, looking like a landscape
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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Vilarinho das Furnas
Directed by António Campos, 1971
José Manuel Costa in Conversation with Haden Guest
a black and white image of someone pouring milk into a cup

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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Falamos de Rio de Onor / Gente de Praia da Vieira
José Manuel Costa in Conversation with Haden Guest
a man outside in a earth-toned painterly looking landscape

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Trás-os-Montes
Directed by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, 1976
a Vemeer-like view of a Portuguese woman with a white head scarf on looking out a window
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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Mild Manners
Directed by Alberto Seixas Santos, 1974
Screening on Film
a group of older in men in suits and hats sitting around a table with a young woman in front of a stylized wall mural

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Melville et Cie.
Le doulos
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962
Screening on Film
an overhead shot of Jean-Paul Belmondo and a woman sitting at a table in a nightclub looking up at the camera
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Melville et Cie.
Max and the Junkmen
Directed by Claude Sautet, 1971
Screening on Film
Michel Piccoli talking to a skeptical Bernard Fresson

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Melville et Cie.
Army of Shadows
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969
Screening on Film
Lino Venura holding a briefcase, looking out at the camera, surrounded by those working in a government office
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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
The Vows
Directed by António de Macedo, 1972
Screening on Film
a close up of a man and woman lying in bed at night, softly lit

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Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art ...
Film No. 12 / Film No. 16
Screening on Film
a black and white collaged image of the outline of a woman's side view with a man inside who has a large, exposed eyeball and unnaturally falling open mouth

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What Will I Do With This Sword?
Directed by João César Monteiro, 1975
Introduction by Francisco Valente
a dandily dressed man outside in the street with a cartoonish looking movie camera that has "cinema" written on its side
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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
The Loved One
Directed by Fernando Matos Silva, 1973
Introduction by Francisco ValenteScreening on Film
a close up of a man and a woman walking and talking in the city streets

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Psychedelic Cinema
Zabriskie Point
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970
Mark Frechette in jeans and a jacket next to a young white woman with long hair in an embroidered poncho and a young Black man wearing a Malcolm X t-shirt
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Psychedelic Cinema
Koyaanisqatsi
Directed by Godfrey Reggio, 1982
Screening on Film
a young white woman with her two children watching TV in a store selling many of them

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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Trás-os-Montes
Directed by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, 1976
a Vemeer-like view of a Portuguese woman with a white head scarf on looking out a window
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António Campos and the Promise of Cinema ...
Wild Stories
Directed by António Campos, 1978
a woman carrying a bundle of vegetables, balanced on her head

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Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art ...
Film No. 18
Directed by Harry Smith, 1970-80
four film frames in a square: two of a New York City overpass scene and two of a woman making a string figure

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Psychedelic Cinema
Head
Directed by Bob Rafelson, 1968
Introduction by Steven BielScreening on Film
An underwater scene of the band The Monkees swimming in their clothes

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Boston Punk Rewound / Unbound.
Boston Punk Rewound / Unbound. The Arthur Freedman Collection
Live Musical Accompaniment-$Sold OutPerformance

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The Yugoslav Junction:
The Way Steel Was Tempered
Directed by Želimir Žilnik, 1988
Screening on Film
a man and two women chat in a dimly lit club
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The Yugoslav Junction:
Futility in Frames: The Hypnoses of Vlatko Gilić
Screening on Film
a young man stares at another's hand above his head

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From the Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection. ...
Neo Homo Promo
Directed by many filmmakers. Curated by Jenni Olson, 1994
Introduction by Jenni OlsonScreening on Film
Anne Carlisle in Liquid Sky looking androgynous in a dress with a man's shirt beneath, lit by a neon sign
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The Yugoslav Junction:
Siberian Lady Macbeth
Directed by Andrzej Wajda, 1962
Introduction by Tatiana KuzmicScreening on Film
a man and a woman soaking wet in ancient dress laugh hysterically

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The Night Watchman by Natalia Almada
The Night Watchman
Directed by Natalia Almada, 2011
Natalia Almada in Conversation with Julie Mallozzi15$$15 Special Event

Cinematheque

The Harvard Film Archive is a cinematheque and a film archive dedicated to the preservation and public exhibition of film. The cinematheque presents films Friday through Monday year round. Open to the public, all screenings are held in the Archive's 188-seat theater featuring state-of-the-art film and digital projection located in the historic Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.  Read More

The HFA frequently invites filmmakers to discuss their work and engage with the vibrant community of students, professors, artists and cinephiles who regularly attend Archive screenings. Recent visitors include legendary independent filmmakers Wim Wenders, Agnès Varda, Terence Davies, Guy Maddin, Billy Woodberry and Frederick Wiseman.

Collection

A division of Harvard Library, the Harvard Film Archive is one of the largest and most significant university-based motion picture collections in the United States, with a collection of over 40,000 audio visual items from around the world and from almost every period in film history.   Read More

Become a Member of the HFA

The HFA Public Film Program depends on the generous support of members of the community to ensure the health and longevity of our unique blend of programming. You can become a member by filling out and mailing in our Membership Form. Learn More