Where to Watch Participation (1971)

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Released January 1st, 1971, 'Participation' stars Jimi Hendrix, Ian Anderson The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from knowledgeable users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This period compilation of documentaries shot with a Portapak camera from the early era of video experimentation offers an immediate view of the independent New York art scene (concerts and theater perfomances on the streets and in the clubs of downtown). It is a sort of summary of Steina and Woody Vasulka's first creative period, a period of fascination with the more bizarre aspects of "new American decadence". Thanks to the video camera and its revolutionary implications, the creators were able to penetrate into spheres where the documentarians of more classical media were neither allowed nor interested to enter, thereby helping to expand the ideas of documentary possibilities. Steina has remarked that she learned the craft of camerawork as documentarian thanks to these celebratory, countercultural scenes of the "sexual avant-garde"-- Participation also features a pulsing light show projection at the Fillmore East, and a scene from Off-Broadway drag theater." .