Chick Strand

Chick Strand

Mildred "Chick" Strand's accomplishments as an artist spanned more than three decades. In the early 1960s, with a new anthropology degree in hand, she turned her attention to ethnographic filmmaking. Her early work focused on Meso-American cultures explored through the language of the experimental documentary. In 1961, she founded Canyon Cinema with Bruce Baillie, an organization that, in 1965, spawned the San Francisco Cinematheque. They organized screenings of experimental, documentary and narrative films in East Bay backyards and community centers. Acting in response to a lack of public venues for independent movies, they were part of a wider explosion in American avant-garde film. The era was one of social idealism and communal energy, and the films they showcased boldly embraced purely cinematic visual expression and cultural critique. Strand left Northern California in the late 1960s to pursue studies in ethnographic film at UCLA. She then joined the faculty of Occidental College, where she served as the director of the film as art program for a quarter of a century. In the 1970s she continued to define her visual technique, and her subjects more frequently became women. She soon evolved a distinctive film style: backlit subjects photographed in close up and in motion, with a handheld telephoto lens. The technique produced sensual, lyrical images that became Strand's signature. Her entire filmography numbers nearly a score of works, and along the way, she also become an accomplished photographer and painter.

  • Title: Chick Strand
  • Popularity: 0.74
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1931-12-03
  • Place of Birth: Northern California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Mildred 'Chick' Strand
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Chick Strand Movies

  • 1986
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    Fake Fruit Factory

    Fake Fruit Factory

    5.385 1986 HD

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  • 2011
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    Woman with Flowers

    Woman with Flowers

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1979
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    Soft Fiction

    Soft Fiction

    7.6 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    9 1979 HD

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  • 1975
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    Elasticity

    Elasticity

    4.5 1975 HD

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  • 1968
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    Sears Sox

    Sears Sox

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1986
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    Anselmo and the Women

    Anselmo and the Women

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1970
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    Mosori Monika

    Mosori Monika

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1965
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    Eric and the Monsters

    Eric and the Monsters

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1986
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    Coming Up for Air

    Coming Up for Air

    5 1986 HD

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  • 1968
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    Waterfall

    Waterfall

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1979
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    Fever Dream

    Fever Dream

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1966
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    Angel Blue Sweet Wings

    Angel Blue Sweet Wings

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1979
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    Cartoon Le Mousse

    Cartoon Le Mousse

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1976
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    Woman of a Thousand Fires

    Woman of a Thousand Fires

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1986
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    Artificial Paradise

    Artificial Paradise

    4 1986 HD

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  • 1979
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    Loose Ends

    Loose Ends

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1986
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    By the Lake

    By the Lake

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1967
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    Anselmo

    Anselmo

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1976
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    Cosas de mi vida

    Cosas de mi vida

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1975
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    Guacamole

    Guacamole

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1979
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    Loose Ends

    Loose Ends

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1970
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    Mosori Monika

    Mosori Monika

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Mosori Monika

    Mosori Monika

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1968
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    Kulu Se Mama

    Kulu Se Mama

    1 1968 HD

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