Video: The New Wave

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Video: The New Wave (1975)

Directed by Fred Barzyk

Documentary · 59m

The New Wave is the seminal compendium of independent video work in the early 1970s. Written and narrated by Brian O'Doherty, this overview of the emerging video field includes examples of guerrilla television and "street" documentaries, early explorations with image-processing and synthesis, and performance video. This historical anthology includes excerpts of tapes by the following video pioneers: Stephen Beck and Warner Jepson, Peter Campus, Douglas Davis, Ed Emshwiller, Bill Etra, Frank Gillette, Don Hallock, Joan Jonas, Richard Serra, Paul Kos, Nam June Paik, Otto Piene, Willard Rosenquist, Dan Sandin, James Seawright, Steina Vasulka, TVTV, Stan Vanderbeek and William Wegman.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Fred Barzyk
Writer
Brian O'Doherty
Editor
Joan Barkhausen
Producer
Fred Barzyk

Details

Release date
1975-12-24
Runtime
59m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
GBH, The TV Lab at WNET/13, THIRTEEN