Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground
Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground
Barbara Rubin was a hyperactive spider in the web of the New York art scene in the late 1960s. She was friends with Bob Dylan and Andy
The film is a goldmine of well-known faces and contains a lot of footage from the archive of Jonas Mekas, the ‘godfather’ of American avant-garde cinema. Chuck Smith does not try to imitate his subject stylistically. His straightforward approach makes this bizarre biography even more intriguing.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Israel, USA
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 78"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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