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Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Wed, May 2, 2018 9:45 PM
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Scotiabank Theatre 13 Fri, May 4, 2018 6:30 PM
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Hart House Theatre Sat, May 5, 2018 9:15 PM
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Film Info
Runtime:78
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Rating:14A
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:English
Program Categories:Nightvision
Film Subjects:America
Art & Artists
Film & Filmmakers
Jewish Interest
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Chuck Smith
Producer(s):Chuck Smith
Editor(s):Chuck Smith
Cinematography:Andy Bowley
Music:Lee Ranaldo

Description

The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double projections and overlapping images shattered artistic conventions and announced a powerful new voice in the city's underground film scene. All the more remarkable, that vision belonged to a teenager, 18-year-old Barbara Rubin. A Zelig of the '60s, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan to Kabbalah and bewitched Allen Ginsberg. The same unbridled creativity that inspired her to make films when women simply didn't, saw her breach yet another male domain, Orthodox Judaism, before her mysterious death at 35. Lifelong friend Jonas Mekas saved all her letters, creating a rich archive that filmmaker Chuck Smith carefully sculpts into this fascinating portrait of a nearly forgotten artist. An avante-garde maverick, a rebel in a man's world, Barbara Rubin regains her rightful place in film history. Myrocia Watamaniuk

Co-presented with Images Festival.

Additional Information

NOW - 4 Stars, "A portrait of an artist determined to make the most of every last artistic impulse."

CBC - "From McQueen to M.I.A. to Mister Rogers, here are the must-see arts films at Hot Docs 2018"

The Kit - "10 MUST-SEE DOCUMENTARIES AT THE HOT DOCS FILM FESTIVAL"

 
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