Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor
Short Films
•
8m 55s
Directed by Lynne Sachs • Documentary • With Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer, Gunvor Nelson • 2018 • 9 minutes
From 2015 to 2017, Lynne visited with Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer and Gunvor Nelson, three multi-faceted artists who have embraced the moving image throughout their lives. From Carolee’s 18th Century house in the woods of Upstate New York to Barbara’s West Village studio to Gunvor’s childhood village in Sweden, Lynne shoots film with each woman in the place where she finds grounding and spark.
"Sachs has a really well-attuned photographic eye, and she captures the trio in a series of easygoing domestic situations." —Screen Slate
Up Next in Short Films
-
Jama Masjid Street Journal (Mira Nair)
Directed by Mira Nair • Documentary • 1979 • 20 minutes
Mira Nair's (Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay!) personal record of street life around the Jama Masjid, or Great Mosque, in the old city of Delhi, India.
Director Nair discusses her thoughts on confronting people uncertain what to make of her...
-
Winnie Wright, Age 11
Directed by Suzanne Davenport • Documentary • 1974 • 26 minutes
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family struggles with racism, inflation and a threatened strike, as Winnie learns what it mean...
-
Now We Live on Clifton
Directed by Jerry Blumenthal, Alphonse Blumenthal, Susan Delson, Sharon Karp, Peter Kuttner, Gordon Quinn, Richa • Documentary • 1974 • 26 minutes
Now We Live on Clifton follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The ...
