2020 Avant-Garde Masters Grants

Bird Lady vs. the Galloping Gonads

(1976), short animation by Josie Winship (Pacific Film Archive).

I Change I Am the Same

(1969), Alice Anne Parker’s playful take on gender roles and wardrobe (Pacific Film Archive).

My Name is Oona

(1969), Gunvor Nelson’s landmark portrait of her daughter (Pacific Film Archive).

Nocturne

(1998), Peggy Ahwesh’s disquieting invocation of gothic horror films incorporating stark black-and-white imagery with PixelVision video footage (Anthology Film Archives).

One & the Same

(1973), collaboration between Freude and Gunvor Nelson (Pacific Film Archive).

Orange

(1970), sensual depiction of the peeling and eating of a navel orange by Karen Johnson (Pacific Film Archive).

Plastic Blag

(1968), Judith Wardwell’s satirical critique of America’s obsession with sanitation (Pacific Film Archive).

Promise Her Anything But Give Her the Kitchen Sink

(1969), lyrical depiction of domestic life by Freude (Pacific Film Archive).

Ruins

(1999), Jesse Lerner’s collage essay interrogating Eurocentric historical values and cultural appropriation (XFR Collective).

Shooting Star

(1970), depiction of the melding of the artistic and domestic life by Freude (Pacific Film Archive).

Stand Up and Be Counted

(1969), Scott Bartlett and Freude’s affirmation of love and equality expressed through a series of couples (Pacific Film Archive).

Sweet Dreams

(1971), Freude’s vision of motherhood and female expression (Pacific Film Archive).