Film-Makers' Cooperative

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The Film-Makers' Cooperative is an artist-run distribution center and archive dedicated to experimental and avant-garde films, historically central to New York’s underground cinema movement.

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Film-Makers' Cooperative canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist-run organization
film archive
film distribution cooperative
non-profit organization
archives 16mm films
8mm films
Super 8 films
digital media
video works
associatedWithMovement New American Cinema NERFINISHED
New York underground film
basedIn New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn avant-garde film
experimental film
underground cinema
foundedBy Jack Smith NERFINISHED
Jonas Mekas NERFINISHED
Ken Jacobs NERFINISHED
other New York underground filmmakers
foundedIn 1962
foundedInPeriod 1960s
governance member-run
hasRole artist collective
film archive
film distributor
historicalSignificance central to New York underground cinema movement
major distributor of American avant-garde film
language English
locatedIn Manhattan
New York NERFINISHED
New York City
mission distribution of experimental and avant-garde films
preservation of experimental and avant-garde films
notableMember Jack Smith NERFINISHED
Jonas Mekas NERFINISHED
Ken Jacobs NERFINISHED
offers archival access
film rentals
screening access
operatesAs artist-run cooperative
sector arts
culture
film
servesCommunity avant-garde filmmakers
experimental filmmakers
independent filmmakers

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New York underground cinema associatedOrganization Film-Makers' Cooperative
Jonas Mekas coFounded Film-Makers' Cooperative
Barbara Rubin associatedWith Film-Makers' Cooperative