Seasons & Episodes
Screening Room with John Whitney Sr.
John Whitney was a guest on the inaugural episode of Screening Room in November, 1972. He showed and discussed Permutati
Screening Room with Les Blank
Les Blank, along with music writer Peter Guralnick, appeared on Screening Room in January 1973 to discuss his recent wor
Screening Room with Hilary Harris
In March 1973, Hilary Harris visited Screening Room to screen and discuss films such as Longhorns, Highway, and Seawards
Screening Room with Bruce Baillie
Bruce Baillie appeared on Screening Room in April 1973. He screened excerpts from his films On Sundays, The Gymnasts, To
Screening Room with Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton appeared on Screening Room in April 1973 to screen and discuss Machu Pichu and Reality's Invisible.
Screening Room with Jan Lenica
Jan Lenica appeared on Screening Room in April, 1973. He screened and discussed excerpts from his films Fantorro, Monsie
Screening Room with John & Faith Hubley
John and Faith Hubley appeared on Screening Room in April 1973 to discuss and screen their films Eggs, The Hat, Children
Screening Room with Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage first appeared on Screening Room in May, 1973 to screen and discuss the films Eye Myth, Desist Film, Wonde
Screening Room with Derek Lamb
Derek Lamb appeared on Screening Room in June 1973 with over a dozen films and film clips that demonstrated a wide range
Screening Room with Emile de Antonio
Along with visual anthropologist Edmund Carpenter, Emile de Antonio appeared on Screening Room in June 1973 to screen an
Screening Room with Ricky Leacock
Ricky Leacock visited Screening Room on June 15, 1973, with Al Mecklenburg and Jon Rosenfeld. He demonstrates super-8 sy
Screening Room with Standish Lawder & Stanley Cavell
In this episode of Screening Room, Lawder demonstrates the intricacies of his home-made optical printer and shows exampl
Screening Room with Caroline Leaf & Mary Beams
Caroline Leaf’s animated work springs from her expert storytelling and pioneering animation techniques. One significan
Screening Room with Richard P. Rogers
Richard P. Rogers (1944-2001) was a renowned producer and director of nonfiction films, and a gifted teacher and mentor
Screening Room with Suzan Pitt
Independent animator and painter Suzan Pitt, whose surreal and psychological films have gained her worldwide acclaim, co
Screening Room with Ed Emshwiller
Ed Emshwiller started out as an abstract expressionist painter and an award-winning science fiction illustrator before b
Screening Room with Alan Lomax
In this episode from 1975, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax is the guest and viewers are treated to a partitioned screening
Screening Room with Derek Lamb II
In September 1975, Lamb returned to the program to screen and discuss the films The Last Cartoon Man and The Psychic Par
Screening Room with Robert Breer
Breer chats with Gardner about his approach to filmmakin'. He screens RECREATION, A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR, 69, GUL
Screening Room with George Griffin
Independent animator George Griffin has dedicated himself to the pursuit of animation as an art form. Originally from Te
Screening Room with Hollis Frampton
A major figure in the American experimental film movement of the 1960s and ‘70s and a widely published theorist, Hol
Screening Room with Peter Hutton
Drawing on traditions of 19th-century landscape painting and still photography, Peter Hutton’s contemplative, meticulo
Screening Room with Yvonne Rainer
Relentless exploration of the nature of performance, the construction of meaning, and the relations of the sexes has gui
Screening Room with Michael Snow
Canadian Michael Snow has worked in painting, sculpture, and music as well as film, where he has proved one of the most
Screening Room with James Broughton
Often called "the father of West Coast independent cinema," James Broughton (1913-1999) considered himself to be, first
Screening Room with Hilary Harris II
He returned to Screening Room in January 1979 to screen and discuss: • Organism (full film, 18:59) • The Nuer (exc
Screening Room with Robert Fulton II
Robert Fulton was an extraordinary non-fiction filmmaker and gifted aerial cinematographer who left a legacy of remarkab
Screening Room with Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch appeared on Screening Room in July 1980 and screened Les Maitres Fous as well as several film excerpts includ
Screening Room with Stan Brakhage
Brakhage returned to the program in the fall of 1980, where he showed Window, two excerpts from Short Films: 1975, Roman
Screening Room with Jonas Mekas
Here is Jonas Mekas interview with Robert Gardner in October of 81. Fantastic insights into Mekas' work and other experi