The Scary Movie
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"... THE SCARY MOVIE, by Peggy Ahwesh, [is an] amazingly complex (and just plain amazing) film informed by a wide range of issues and concerns, including feminism, psychoanalytic theory (especially Jacques Lacan), home-movie aesthetics, film genre conventions, and the notion of self-reflexivity in film. ... [S]he plays with the Freudian concept (filtered through Lacan) of the female's 'lack' of a penis, turning this core issue of psychoanalytic thinking on its head. ... In [this] film it is the male who 'lacks,' men being conspicuously absent, even when the 'narrative' calls for male roles. ... Ahwesh's work ... is notable in the way that it combines subjects of seriousness and gravity with an unparalleled control of the film medium, a disarming wit, and a frankness that catches one by surprise." –
Patrick Friel, Indianapolis Museum of Art
With Martina Torr and Sonja Mereu.
Programs
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A Mirror Avant-Garde
A program of non-canonical canonicals by women filmmakers
If you’ve seen more than three of the films in this program, we’d be surprised. Yet every single one of these films by women filmmakers deserves to be written about, taught in classes, and be part of the canon of avant-garde film.
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The Eternal Daughters of Chaos: Girlhood, Play, and the Poetics of Care
Five films exploring the complexities of girlhood
Join us at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Monday, July 8th, 2024, at 7pm, for a program of films exploring the conflicting ideals of “girlhood” — caught between the fantasy of becoming a woman and the desire to remain young (and innocent) forever — curated by FMC resident Hayley Aaskow!
Films
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ExperimentalFrom Romance to Ritual
Peggy Ahweshvideo, color, sound, 20 minRental formats: VHS NTSC, DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalPhilosophy In The Bedroom
Peggy Ahweshvideo, color, sound, 20 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalThe Deadman
Peggy Ahwesh16mm, black and white, sound, 40 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalMartina's Playhouse
Peggy Ahweshcolor, sound, 30 minRental formats: VHS NTSC, DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalStrange Weather
Peggy Ahwesh16mm, black and white, sound, 50 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalThe Color of Love
Peggy Ahwesh16mm, color, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalTrick Film
Peggy Ahwesh16mm, color, sound, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Experimentalvision machine, the
Peggy Ahwesh16mm, color, sound, 20 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalNocturne
Peggy Ahwesh16mm, black and white, sound, 30 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file - Read More
ExperimentalShe Puppet
Peggy Ahweshvideo, color, sound, 17 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalCollections
Peggy Ahweshvideo, color, silent, 6 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalAlluvium
Peggy Ahweshvideo, color, sound, 25 minRental format: DVD NTSC