New York State Council On The Arts Movies

  • 1987
    Working Girls

    Working Girls

    Working Girls

    5.91987HD

    A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

    Working Girls
  • 2012
    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    7.12012HD

    An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Grist...

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
  • 2016
    Kiki

    Kiki

    Kiki

    5.82016HD

    25 years after Paris is Burning, we dive back into the fierce world of voguing battles in the Kiki scene of New York City, where competition between H...

    Kiki
  • 1975
    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image

    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image

    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image

    71975HD

    A broadcast presentation of Steina and Woody Vasulka's experiments with the electronic image. Featuring a 15-minute "jam session" of improvised video...

    Homemade TV: The Electronic Image
  • 1982
    Tongues

    Tongues

    Tongues

    51982HD

    A performance piece written by Sam Shepard, enacted by Joseph Chaikin and directed by Shirley Clarke, a dying man reflects on his life while deliverin...

    Tongues
  • 1989
    Borders

    Borders

    Borders

    61989HD

    A philosophical flume ride through the physical, political and moral borders that inhibit the free movement of people and ideas. Mixing commentary, co...

    Borders
  • 1981
    Fannie's Film

    Fannie's Film

    Fannie's Film

    61981HD

    A 65-year-old cleaning woman for a professional dancers' exercise studio performs her job while telling us in voiceover about her life, hopes, goals,...

    Fannie's Film
  • 1986
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    81986HD

    “CINDERELLA is a musical treatment of the fairy tale. I have broken apart the story and set it as a mechanical game with a series of repetitions where...

    Cinderella
  • 2011
    Maya Deren's Sink

    Maya Deren's Sink

    Maya Deren's Sink

    4.52011HD

    Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit o...

    Maya Deren's Sink
  • 2011
    Heaven and Earth and Joe Davis

    Heaven and Earth and Joe Davis

    Heaven and Earth and Joe Davis

    02011HD

    Filmmaker Peter Sasowsky examines the life and work of artist Joe Davis

    Heaven and Earth and Joe Davis
  • 1979
    Split Decision

    Split Decision

    Split Decision

    101979HD

    This film is a scrambled narrative that illustrates, in soap opera fashion, life of artists in Lower Manhattan and at the same time dramatizes questio...

    Split Decision
  • 2004
    What I'm Looking For

    What I'm Looking For

    What I'm Looking For

    22004HD

    A woman sets out to photograph moments of intimacy. On an Internet dating site she writes: 'I'm looking for people who would like to be photographed i...

    What I'm Looking For
  • 1975
    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II

    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II

    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II

    01975HD

    Description from Portable Channel catalog: "This Program is a unique broadcast presentation of the Vasulka's recent experiments with the electronic im...

    Homemade TV: Vasulkas II