Shirley Clarke: The Passionate Life and Radical Works of an Exceptional Filmmaker

Shirley Clarke (1919–1997) was an American independent filmmaker, electronic media pioneer, and teacher who resisted the norm wherever life brought her. A decade after receiving her first camera as a wedding present, Clarke launched her film career with the short Dance in the Sun (1953). Her documentary Skyscraper (1959) garnered an Academy Award nomination, and her first feature film, The Connection (1961), adapted from Jack Gelber's off-Broadway play portraying artists with heroin addicti...