Short Films: 1968–1998

Even as a student at UCLA, Spheeris displayed a level of confidence and creativity rare in such a young filmmaker. This program features six student films (1968–72) as well as No Use Walkin’ When You Can Stroll (1998), a humorous and sweet portrait of her one-time carny, ten-times-married mother. All display the irreverence and intimacy that would mark Spheeris’s work to follow. (Program approx. 82 mins., various formats)

Prints courtesy the Academy Film Archive.

Synthesis (1968, digital)
Bath (1969, 16mm)
Shit (1969, digital)
National Rehab Center (1969, digital)
I Don't Know (1970, 16mm)
Hats Off to Hollywood (1972, 16mm)
No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll (1998, 35mm)