American Women Avant-Garde Filmmakers

Display Schedule

Subject guarantor:

Henry Lyman HILLS, Eric ROSENZVEIG

Name of lecturer(s):

Henry Lyman HILLS, Eric ROSENZVEIG

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

class 1 – 3.3. - 10-13

Bute, Mary Ellen

TARANTELLA , 1940 (5 min)

Levitt, Helen

IN THE STREET, 1948 (16 min)

Deren, Maya

AT LAND, 1944 (15 min)

RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME, 1946 (15 min)

Menken, Marie

GLIMPSE OF A GARDEN, 1957 (5 min)

ARABESQUE FOR KENNETH ANGER, 1961 (5 min)

WRESTLERS, 1964 (2.5 min)

Clarke, Shirley

BRIDGES GO ROUND, 1958 (4 min)

Ono, Yoko

FILM NO. 4 (BOTTOMS), 1966 (6 min)

Wieland, Joyce

RAT LIFE AND DIET IN NORTH AMERICA, 1968 (16 min)

Nelson, Gunvor

MY NAME IS OONA , 1969 (10 min)

Rainer, Yvonne

HAND MOVIE, 1966 (6 min)

class 2 - 3.3. - 15-18

Rainer, Yvonne

FILM ABOUT A WOMAN WHO…, 1974 (1 hr 45 min)

class 3 – 10.3. – 12,30-15,00

Severson, Ann

NEAR THE BIG CHAKRA, 1971 (14 min)

Child, Abigail

MAYHEM, 1987 (20 min)

Dick, Vivienne

SHE HAD HER GUN ALL READY, 1978 (26 min)

Friedrich, Su

GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM, 1981 (14 min)

Thornton, Leslie

PEGGY & FRED IN HELL, 1985 (20 min)

LET ME COUNT THE WAYS, 2004-6 (21 min)

class 4 – 10.3. – 16,30-19,00

Ahwesh, Peggy

MARTINA’S PLAYHOUSE, 1989 (20 min)

Murray, Julie

DELIQUIUM, 2004 (14 min)

Geiser, Janie

THE RED BOOK, 1996 (11 min)

Bromberg, Betzy

CIAO BELLA, 1978 (9 min)

Heller, Eve

SELF-EXAMINATION REMOTE CONTROL, 1981-2010 (5 min)

Liotta, Jeanne

OBSERVANDO EL CIELO, 2007 (18min)

Reeves, Jenn

LIGHT WORK MOOD DISORDER, 2007 (18min)

Barber, Stephanie

FLOWER, THE BOY, THE LIBRARIAN, 1996 (4 min)

A LITTLE PRESENT, 1997 (4 min)

Colburn, Martha

THERES A PERVERT IN OUR POOL 1998 (3 min)

SECRETS OF MEXUALITY, 2003 (5 min)

(note: tapes unavailable by Carolee Schneemann, Chick Strand, Barbara Hammer, Diana Barrie, Jennifer Montgomery, & doubtless dozens I whose work I have not yet discovered.)

Mode of study:

Attended course.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

none

Course contents:

In celebration of International Women’s Day, this module makes a mini-survey of avant-garde film works by American women active in the 20th Century.

Recommended or required reading:

none

Assessment methods and criteria:

To receive credit, attendance at all screenings is mandatory. A journal describing your experience of these films (3 page minimum; plagiarism off the internet will result in failure) is due after the last class, in order to have your credit posted.

henry@henryhills.com

Course web page:

Note:

The screenings are open to anyone wishing to attend even if not enrolled in class.

Henry Hills is an American experimental filmmaker living in Vienna. He has taught at FAMU since 2005.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
03.03.2017		10:00–18:00	Henry Lyman HILLS	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1
10.03.2017		12:30–19:00	Henry Lyman HILLS	Projekce FAMU Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans: