For Life, Against the War (1967)
★ 6.0 (1) · 150 min
Directors: A.M. Jimmenez Abbe Borov Abbott Meader · man Allen Schaff Allen Siegal Barbara Fultz Ben Van Meter · man Betty Ferguson Bob Kinney Charles I. Levine · man Dave Lambet Don Duga Fred Wellington George Breidenbach Henry J. Korn Hilary Harris · man Jerry Wakefield John H. Hawkins John Wallenmeyer Jonas Mekas · man Joyce Wieland · woman Karl Bissenger Ken Jacobs · man Lawrence Jordan · man Lee Savage · man Leo Hurwitz · man Lewis Jacobs Lionel Martinez Lloyd Michael Williams · man Manfred Kirchheimer · man Mark Sadan Maurice Amor Max Phillips Michael Snow · man Nat Hoffman Nina Feinberg Norman Weissburg Peggy Lawson Peter Elison Peter Gessner Richard Preston Robert Breer · man Robert Fiore Ron Finne Rudy Burckhardt · man Shirley Clarke · woman Stan Brakhage · man Stan VanDerBeek · man Stephen Sellinger Storm De Hirsch · woman Tom Bissenger Tom Hurwitz · man USCO Victor Grauer
First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in style and sensibility but united by their opposition to the Vietnam War. Part of the protest festival Week of the Angry Arts, the epic compilation film incorporated minute-long segments which were sent from many corners of the country, spliced together and projected. The original presentation of the works was more of an open forum with no curation or selection, and in 2000 Anthology Film Archives preserved a print featuring around 40 films from over 60 submissions.