Pitchfork and the Devil

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this program of 16mm films is culled, thrums with a sociopolitical, humorous sensibility that lends his small-scale, often musically kissed portraits (which he later dubbed “blues cinema”) a personal, artisanal quality. - Film Society of Lincoln Center. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

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Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

2002

Hot Nasty Teen

Hot Nasty Teen

2014

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

2020

The Shawl

The Shawl

2020

The Starr Sisters

The Starr Sisters

2019

Alexandria

Alexandria

2022

Out of the Blur

Out of the Blur

1996

Flat No. 9

1932

Murbah Swamp Beer

2002

Violets

Violets

2024

The Sandman

The Sandman

1991

Wat's Pig

Wat's Pig

1996

Blackfly

Blackfly

1991

Cowboys: The Conformist

1991

Be Big!

Be Big!

1931

Big Business

Big Business

1929

The Chimp

The Chimp

1932

County Hospital

County Hospital

1932

Dirty Work

Dirty Work

1933

Rendezvous in Space

Rendezvous in Space

1964