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Half-hour documentary on the artistic and cultural heritage of Croatian immigrants in Washington state. Broadcast February 25,1981. Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution Folk Life Festival, 1981. Funded by National Endowment for the Arts.
Half-hour documentary focusing on the music and cultural traditions of a unique community of North Carolinians, now settled in Darrington, Washington. Released through Southern Educational Communications Association (SECA), PMN and Eastern Educational Network (EEN), 1979. Fully funded by NEA.
Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.
Filmed in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert in July 1969, "Hard Core" opens with an establishing shot of an expansive blue sky immediately evoking the American West, which sets the scene for De Maria's innovative and experimental film. The work intercuts two differing cinematic approaches: one that explores the observational potential of the medium through wide-angle, 360-degree shots that pan over the changing desert landscape, and the other that appropriates familiar visual tropes taken from the Hollywood Western movie genre—such as pistols, Levi's jeans, boot spurs, and leather chaps—and implements them in a performance. The soundtrack is an edited compilation of two of De Maria's "drum compositions," "Cricket Music" (1964) and "Ocean Music" (1968), which creates a sense of anticipation for the viewer. In the last minute of the film, a series of unexpected events unfolds in rapid succession, producing a dramatic climax.
One of the most celebrated recordings of the Pink Floyd, professionally filmed in San Francisco on the afternoon of the 29th of April 1970. Tracks performed are Atom Heart Mother, Cymbaline, Grantchester Meadows, Green Is Thy Colour, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
