Color Cry

Name: Color Cry
Genre: Animation
Released: 07 Nov 1952
Rating: 5.60

In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he mixed with artists who later became the Abstract Expressionists, encouraged New York’s emerging filmmakers such as Francis Lee, taught with Hans Richter, and assisted Ian Hugo on Bells of Atlantis. Color Cry was based on a development of the “rayogram” or “shadow cast” process, using fabrics as stencils, with the images synchronized to a haunting blues song by Sonny Terry, which Lye imagined to be the anguished cry of a runaway slave. —Harvard Film Archive

Year: 1952

Genre: Animation

Studio:

Director: Len Lye

Cast:

Crew: Sonny Terry (Musician), Sonny Terry (Music), Len Lye (Director)

Runtime: 3 minutes

Release: Nov 07, 1952

IMDb: 5.60/10 by 8 users

Popularity: 1

Country: United States of America

Language: No Language