Water Sark (1965)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 14M
Director : Joyce Wieland
Synopsis
"I decided to make a film at my kitchen table, there is nothing like knowing my table. The high art of the housewife. You take prisms, glass, lights and myself to it. 'The Housewife is High.' Water Sark is a film sculpture, being made while you wait."
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