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Showing 1 - 10 of 21 titles with a criteria of Subject is Performance Artists
The Amazing Amy
Using humor and a love of fantasy, "The Amazing Amy" Harlib connects with audiences through performing strenuous yoga-based contortion acts in New York City. But behind the showmanship lives an incredibly lonely human being.
MediaStorm | 2011 | 13 minutes
Ana Mendieta: Fuego De Tierra
A powerful tribute to Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta.
Women Make Movies | 1987 | 52 minutes
Art of the Prank
Follows the evolution of the notorious American counterculture artist Joey Skaggs, a fierce proponent of independent thinking and an early critic of media irresponsibility.
The Video Project | 2015 | 85 minutes
Color Schemes
An upbeat, ironic look at America’s multicultural society, Color Schemes uses the metaphor of “color wash” to tackle conceptions of racial assimilation.
Women Make Movies | 1989 | 28 minutes
Conjure Women
An exciting performance-based documentary exploring the artistry and philosophy of four African American female artists.
Women Make Movies | 1995 | 85 minutes
Crutch
Chronicles the gravity defying life of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, breakdancer and skate punk—on crutches.
Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 96 minutes
Eat the Kimono
Hanayagi Genshu, a Japanese feminist and avant-garde dancer and performer, has spent her life defying her conservative culture's contempt for independence and unconventionality.
Women Make Movies | 1989 | 60 minutes
Fight Hate With Love
Prison-survivor and activist Michael Ta’Bon leads a one-man movement in his community to help other young men avoid the revolving door of the prison system he’s been trapped in since he was a teen.
MediaStorm | 2017 | 79 minutes
The Foreigner's Home
The Foreigner's Home explores Toni Morrison's artistic and intellectual vision through "The Foreigner's Home," her 2006 exhibition at the Louvre.
The Video Project | 2018 | 56 minutes
Lemebel
Writer, artist and pioneer of the queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up Chilean society during Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Icarus Films | 2020 | 96 minutes
