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Title:
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding New York Underground [digital video].
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Publication Date:
2018
2023
Publication Information:
Juno Films, 2018.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
Barbara Rubin's was a mythical "Zelig" of the sixties, creating an art porn film masterpiece, Christmas on Earth, that shattered boundaries. she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan to the Kabbalah. After retiring to a farm with Allen Ginsberg, she shocked everyone by converting to Hasidic Judaism, marrying and moving to France to live an anonymous life. For years, Jonas Mekas treasured all of Barbara's letters and films. Working with Mekas' footage, the film takes us inside the world and mind of Barbara Rubin; a woman who truly believed that film could change the world.
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Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Language:
English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy