1960s - UPDATED: 4 January 2020
Bath |
Penelope Spheeris |
1969 |
USA / 6 mins |
Boy and Crows |
Penelope Spheeris |
1968 |
USA |
Epilogue / Siam |
Tom Chomont |
1968 |
USA | 6 mins |
Shit |
Penelope Spheeris |
1969 |
A man who’s slipped on shit lies in the gutter, waiting for help. |
Synthesis |
Penelope Spheeris |
1968 |
Somewhere in space, or time, some kind of alien entity surveys humanity. |
The Blue Rose |
Chuck Renslow |
1965 |
USA | 12 mins |
The National Rehabilitation Center |
Penelope Spheeris |
1969 |
America’s McCarran Act is designed to control “subversive activity”. It allows the US government to jail dissidents – including communist sympathisers, draft dodgers and student activists – with little to no pretext. With this scarily realistic – and scarily prescient – mockumentary, Spheeris presents a world where McCarran is enforced, and exploited. |