SHORTS PROGRAM
Dir. Susan Kleckner, 1973-1981.
United States, 65 min.
In English.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 – 5:00PM

Following her integral role in the collective efforts of THREE LIVES and ANOTHER LOOK, Kleckner began work on her first self-directed project, BIRTH FILM. A moving and intensely intimate verité documentary about a live, at-home birth, the film drew controversy upon its initial premier at the Whitney Museum in 1973, where viewers were reported to have become sick due to its graphic content. Hurt by this shortsighted reception, Kleckner took several years off from filmmaking. She returned with a string of remarkable 16mm shorts, represented in this program by AMAZING GRACE, BAG LADY FILM, and PIERRE FILM. Virtually impossible to see individually, let alone together, each work further displays her lifelong investments in performance, social justice, women’s rights, and alternative living.

For further descriptions of each film, visit: https://www.spectacletheater.com/moving-images-by-susan-kleckner/