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Fragments from a Few Forsaken Films

Free for Harvard Film Archive members
Director in Person
$12 Special Event Tickets

An evening of films that might have been. I will try to explain why they were undertaken and why they were abandoned. It could be a lesson in how (or why not) to make films. – RG

PROGRAM

  • The Old Lady aka A Human Document

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US, 1958, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • Creatures of Pain

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US/Nigeria, 1968, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • Healing

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US/India, 1978, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • Finding the Way

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US, 1968-1981, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • Policeman

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US, 1973, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • Salt

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US/Ethiopia, 1968, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • Tide

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US/Canada, 1966, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • It’s Stupid

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US/France, 2003, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker
  • It Could Be Good It Could Be Bad (Flying in Chile)

    Directed by Robert Gardner.
    US/Chile, 1997, digital video, color.
    Copy source: Filmmaker

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