For Life, Against the War

Screening on Film
Recently Restored
Directed by The Week of the Angry Arts.
US, 1967, 16mm, color and b&w, 150 min.
Print source: Anthology Film Archives

In 1967, a group of artists put out a call for “a personal declaration by American filmmakers for life and against the War.” The films were compiled and screened as part of The Week of the Angry Arts, a music and arts festival which mobilized the protest movement.  This remarkable compilation includes contributions from Manfred Kirkheimer, Peter Ellison, Ron Finne, Lee Savage, Lionel Martinez, Lloyd M. Williams, USCO, Peter Gessner, Hilary Harris, Leo Hurwitz, Peggy Lawson, Tommy Hurwitz, Lewis Jacobs, Stan Vanderbeek, Robert Fiore, Larry Jordan, Don Duga, Barbara Fultz, Stan Brakhage, Rudy Burckhardt, Nina Feinberg, Wendy Clarke, Shirley Clarke, Betty Ferguson, Maurice Amar, Richard Preston, Robert Breer, Max Phillips, Jerry Wakefield, Tom Bissenger, Ken Jacobs, Mark Sadan, Norman V. Berg, Fred Wellington, Allen Siegel, Allen Schaff, John Willemeyer, Henry J. Korn, Jonas Mekas, Abbott Meader, George Breidenbach, Abbe Borov, Ben Van Meter, Michael Snow, Joyce Wieland, A.M. Jimenez, Stephen Sellinger, Victor Grauer, Charles Levine, Bob Kinney, Dave Lambert, Mat Hoffman, Karl Bissenger, and M-Movie Subscription Group.

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