Movies: Mike Henderson

A ‘film wake’. Though celebratory in mood, it has a mournful subtext… death and dying. We dedicated it to Dr. Sam West, departed friend and patron of the arts, trusting that his ghost would approve our hi-jinx and seeming irreverence. Preserved by t...

[1970/2003, color, 7.5 min] Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007....

A motley cast of characters offer their thoughts on what’s most important in life. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011....

Lights whirl around the frame. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

Film by Michael Rudnick...

As a guitar screeches, the image comes into focus. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012....

Henderson leaves the house, as his experiment intersects with another film crew....

Experimental short film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015...

Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014....

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this progr...

Experimental short 16mm film directed by Mike Henderson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010....

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Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012....

Film by Michael Rudnick...

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this progr...

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this progr...

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this progr...

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this progr...

A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into experimental filmmaking in the 1960s. Henderson’s work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, from which this progr...