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Screening Room: Hillary Harris
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Filmmaker Name:
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Robert Gardner
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Film Length:
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75 min
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Film Year:
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1973
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Duration:
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46-75 min
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Decade:
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1970s
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Collection:
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Screening Room collection
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Language:
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in English
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Color:
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color
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Subject:
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Visual Arts and Media
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Over the years, the work of Oscar-winning filmmaker Hilary Harris moved steadily from abstraction to social commentary. In answer to his question, "Why make films at all?" he responds, "To give a richer vision of surrounding reality. My aim is to lift people out of their preconceptions."
His pioneering films include Longhorns, Highway, Seawards the Great Ships, Organism, The Nuer, and Nine Variations on a Dance Theme. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, he lectured extensively, taught film editing, designed filmmaking and sound mixing equipment, and practiced sculpture.
In March 1973, Hilary Harris visited Screening Room to screen and discuss his films:
- Longhorns (full film, 4:32)
- Highway (full film, 4:56)
- Seawards the Great Ships (full film, 14:12)
- long lens test and demo (footage with commentary, 3:18)
- New York, work in progress (footage, 2:36)
- New York, work in progress (footage, 9:13)
- New York, work in progress (footage, 6:05)
He returned to Screening Room in January 1979 to screen and discuss:
- Organism (full film, 18:59)
- The Nuer (excerpt, 6:31)
- sound editing tool demo (footage, 7:09)
- image generator demo (footage, 2:57)
- oscilloscope imagery (footage, 3:22)
Screening Room was a Boston television series that ran for almost ten years from 1972-1981. It offered independent filmmakers a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station. The series was developed and hosted by filmmaker Robert Gardner (Dead Birds, Forest of Bliss). Many of the filmmakers presented on the show - Jan Lenica, John and Faith Hubley, Emile DeAntonio, Jean Rouch, Ricky Leacock, Jonas Mekas, Bruce Baillie, Yvonne Rainer and Michael Snow - are now considered some of the most influential contributors to their respective fields of modern experimental film, documentary, and animation. Nearly 100 programs were produced during the years Screening Room was broadcast. Twenty seven episodes have been edited for release in 3 categories: Animation, Documentary, and Experimental Film.
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