Black Box
An innocent youth is abducted and tortured without any culpability. This seminal No Wave film is a terrifying allegory of societal repression.
21'
USA
IFFR 2020
Schneemann and seven nude women perform the ritualized action of reading a text, as each woman slowly extracts a scroll from her vagina. The camera moves from the group action of the naked performers to close-ups of the unraveling text. Schneemann, a central figure in the body art movement, first performed this action solo in 1975.
Carolee Schneemann, Maria Beatty
IFFR 2020
- 8'
- USA
- 1995
- Directors
- Carolee Schneemann, Maria Beatty
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1995
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Carolee Schneemann
- Sales
- Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
- Cinematography
- Maria Beatty
- Editor
- Karen Heyson
- Cast
- voices of: Maria Beatty, Kathy Brew, Cynthia Gaasch, Carolee Schneemann
Also in this combined programme
Don't Light My Fire (Otoboke Beaver Music Video)
Japanese punk rock group Otoboke Beaver is a female quartet from Japan. This video illustrates a song that stems from their recent album, Itekoma Hits.
3'
Japan
IFFR 2020
Menses
Women act out their own dramas in a red-filtered ritual of mutual bonding. A wry comedy on the ironic aspects of menstruation.
4'
USA
IFFR 2020
Sewing Circle
Performance artist Kembra Pfahler invited a camera to witness one of her most radical and angry gestures: sewing her vagina shut.
7'
USA
IFFR 2020
- Directors
- Carolee Schneemann, Maria Beatty
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1995
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Carolee Schneemann
- Sales
- Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
- Cinematography
- Maria Beatty
- Editor
- Karen Heyson
- Cast
- voices of: Maria Beatty, Kathy Brew, Cynthia Gaasch, Carolee Schneemann
Programme IFFR 2020
Beth B: War Is Never Over
Filmmaker Beth B personally provides context to her recent portrayal of provocative artist Lydia Lunch, from the vantage point of female identity, power and sexuality.
Read more about this programmeAmnesia
A chilling cautionary tale, Amnesia is a stark and uncompromising portrayal of the escalation of xenophobic sentiment in a neo-conservative climate.
1'
USA
IFFR 2020
Barbie
Barbie returns from shopping. She takes her groceries out of the bag and takes out a little Barbie doll which she then fries and eats.
10'
USA
IFFR 2020
Belladonna
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
13'
USA
IFFR 2020