All Films

Sexy

2001 • 10 min • United States of America

Through a kaleidoscope of rainbow-hued cutouts, five friends argue, wax poetic and get nasty when they try to answer the question, “What is SEXY?”

Born Twiztid: Beyond the Freekshow

2001 • 54 min

Emerging from the womb as monsters, the rap group Twiztid play brothers separated at birth, meet in a high school glee club and then become the rap legends they are today.

My Cat, My Garden, and 9/11

2001 • 6 min • United States of America

Sleepwalkers Who Kill

2001 • 47 min

This documentary takes a serious look at a rare medical and legal condition that has turned ordinary people who sleepwalk into unwitting killers.

In the Eye of the Ring

2001 • 56 min

Introduction to the world of symbols of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung"

Diary of a Male Whore

2001 • 15 min

The painfully brutal tale of the sexual awakening of a young Palestinian man as influenced by the his libido and the violence around him. His encounter with an elderly Jewish man in Tel Aviv stirs memories and bring these feelings to a head.

Tibet's Stolen Child

2001 • 56 min

A film about the abduction of Tibet's second highest ranking Lama by the Chinese authorities.

Black and White

2001 • 9 min

In Black & White there are two types of imagery: video footage of surfaces and spaces such as walls and doorways, and static computer-generated graphics. There are points when the origin of the material that you see seems clear, but a change in focus or a cut to another perspective often throws the image into doubt. In many ways the piece is a minimalist investigation of assumptions regarding the aesthetics of virtual reality.

Haunted Heart

2001 • 29 min

An inspirational story based on the Third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, The Crowning with Thorns. None of us deserves anything and that's where real love begins.

The Witness

2001 • 47 min

The journey to unshakable faith begins with doubt for Barabbas. Having been spared from death, he arrogantly attends the crucifixion of the man who took his place. Suddenly he is faced with the power of God and the plaguing question, "Was Jesus really the Son of God?" Confident in his unbelief, Barabbas sets out to prove Jesus a fraud. His search for answers reveals many witnesses to the life, ministry, miracles and power of Jesus. Witnesses with facts he cannot dispute. This powerful animated production confirms that those who seek, often find more than they were searching for...they discover the power of the truth.

Unwritten Page

2001 • 12 min

Unwritten Page is a 16mm-film made for a composition by Antoine Beuger.

Annlee You Proposes

2001 • 3 min

In this chapter of the No Ghost Just a Shell saga, Liam Gillick constructs a quiet but uncanny public installation—a space of benches, tables, and shelves—where the 3‑D animated Annlee speaks. She wears a black mourning gown as she addresses the history of her city, the construction of identity, and the tension between half-public, half-private spaces. Paired with ominous clicking sounds and halting breaths, the video evokes a vision of a fragile, haunted subject caught between memory and architecture.

Ritual by Rote

2001 • 5 min

A super 8 projection which references the essay “On the Jewish Question” by Karl Marx.

The Or Cloud

2001 • 6 min • United States of America

A guided adventure for the eyeballs. And as such, also, of necessity, an adventure of the mind (how could it be otherwise ?). (...) I believe there is a current which runs at the core of all beings, call it life force, a dynamic which in individuals reflects both the personal and the universal. Up on the screen, frames in motion, a rushing stream of articulated energy to resonate with that inner biological current. Adventurous eyeballing then, in the ideal, an epiphanous moment of mutual recognition and commiseration between energy forms. "There is a vibration which exists to enrapture and console us." (Rilke). I like to think this vibration can be detected streaming out of The Cloud.

Work It Out

2001 • 3 min

On a hot work day, two mechanics are at each others throats. What can they do to work it out?

See How They Run

2001 • 58 min

A behind the scenes look at a David and Goliath showdown between Mayor Willie Brown (incumbent) and openly gay city supervisor and stand-up comedian, Tom Ammiano.

In the Land of Milk and Honey

2001 • 60 min

Examines Pulaski, Tennessee, the town where the Ku Klux Klan was founded right after the Civil War, and where today its memory still runs very deep. Combining interviews with local residents, attendees at a Klan rally and counter demonstrators; historical photos; contemporary footage; scenes of a museum exhibit of the last-known original Klan robe; and a cross burning ceremony by the Klan; the video reveals Pulaski's historical and ongoing relationship to this controversial organization. We learn how Pulaski's citizens remember and reconcile the history of the Klan, how they continue to be divided about the organization's meaning and role, and how such history remains contested for Americans.

Hervanta Fury

2001 • 52 min • Finland

Finland's toughest guys Make and Tope are back!

Robber South

2001 • 18 min • China

In a scene from “Robber South” (2001), which tells the story of a young man in the city making a living as a fruit seller while dreaming of becoming a businessman, the protagonist watches as a subway train pulls into a station, and in an instant the focus of his attention switches seamlessly to a deep blue sky. Compass in hand, he walks from house to house, tracing each door and wall with his fingers, a metaphor for his search for his own place in the city.

Staber Meter

2001 • 5 min

I recorded a single take on Video8. This resulted in the film Staber Mater, a tribute to Fra Angelico, the Italian Quattrocento painter. This tension of the single gesture excites me enormously and forces me to confront my responsibilities.

A Journey to Alegría

2001 • 43 min • Australia

A behind the scenes look at the Cirque du Soeil show Alegria on tour in Australia.

Underground

2001 • 8 min • France

Super 8mm / color / sound

I Call Myself

2001 • 3 min

Mainstream Black music videos often present highly sexualized imagery of Black women. Against the backdrop of The New 2 Live Crew videos, the video streeter begs the question: What does "woman" mean to the average male music consumer, promoter, DJ and MC?

Catherine's Room

2001 • 19 min

This video work is one of a group of pieces known as 'The Passions' which explores human emotions, inspired by early European devotional paintings. The five screens show different times of the day – morning, afternoon, sunset, evening and night. Each scene shows the female protagonist at a different task, from yoga exercises in the morning through to lighting candles in the evening and finally going to bed. In each scene, the tree outside the window is shown at different stages of its annual cycle, putting the woman's routine in the larger context of the cycles of nature. The work is based on a predella by the fourteenth century artist Andrea di Bartolo.