Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY UndergroundMovie
The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double projections and overlapping images shattered artistic conventions and announced a powerful new voice in the city's underground film scene. All the more remarkable, that vision belonged to a teenager, 18-year-old Barbara Rubin. A Zelig of the '60s, she introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan to Kabbalah and bewitched Allen Ginsberg. The same unbridled creativity that inspired her to make films when women simply didn't, saw her breach yet another male domain, Orthodox Judaism, before her mysterious death at 35. Lifelong friend Jonas Mekas saved all her letters, creating a rich archive that filmmaker Chuck Smith carefully sculpts into this fascinating portrait of a nearly forgotten artist. An avante-garde maverick, a rebel in a man's world, Barbara Rubin regains her rightful place in film history.
About Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground is a 2018 documentary movie directed by Chuck Smith.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 18m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Barbara Rubin, Jonas Mekas, Amy Taubin, Bob Dylan. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
