Polska Szkola Dokuentu, Kazimierz Karabasz

10 documentary films by Kazimierz Karabasz, part of a NInA series on directors from the Polska Szkola Dokuentu. 

To view Karabasz's 1961 film Węzeł, or to purchase,

Robotic Crayfish

BBC News: Robotic Crayfish Could Save Lives

Video link via Science Correspondent Holly Johns.

The Shakers

from The Shakers, Tom Davenport & Frank DeCola, 1974
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Rock My Religion, Dan Graham, 1982-84
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Thrashed To Death

BBC documentary Thrashed to Death, 30 min, 1989

Introduced with some awesomely corny shtick by Elvira???, this documentary devotes 15 minutes each to Slayer and Napalm Death.

It mixes amazing late-eighties live performances, and interviews with Tom Araya, Bill Steer,Lee Dorian, Mick Harris, about the lyrical content and origins of thrash metal.

Sylvia Beach Interview

This excerpt from Paris Was A Woman, by Greta Shiller, contains interviews with Sylvia Beach and Janet Flanner.
Beach, Flanner and others reminisce about Paris in the between the two world wars and the impact of the bookshops La Maison Des Amis Des Livres, and Shakespeare And Company on Parisian literary life.

A Beatnik Appeared In The Hallway

Henry Flynt- The Snake









Henry Flynt drops quotable gems as he critiques the 'privileged' New York experimental music scene of the 1960's.

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Grandma Bottle Village: The Art of Tressa Prisbey

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Folkstreams Is Amazing

full video here

Sadobabies: Runaways in San Francisco a 1988 documentary following a group of homeless teenagers who occupy a series of abandoned buildings in San Francisco.
Many were forced to leave abusive families, but managed to find a supportive family environment in the company of other runaways.





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Possum Trot: the Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972,
from 1977, documents Calvin Black's epic sculpture/architecture/theater project in California's Mojave Desert.

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God's Angry Man

From Werner Herzog's 1980 documentary Gods Angry Man
about television evangelist Dr. Gene Scott

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You can see complete film here