Emily Vey Duke Movies

  • 2021
    Skinned

    Skinned

    Skinned

    02021HD

    A terrible virus finally brings down the internet, and humans look out from the wreckage in the aftermath. Five weigh in with personal recollections:...

    Skinned
  • 2011
    Lesser Apes

    Lesser Apes

    Lesser Apes

    02011HD

    Lesser Apes tells the story of a love affair between a primatologist, Farrah and a female bonobo ape, Meema. Bonobos are the species with which...

    Lesser Apes
  • 2001
    Bad Ideas for Paradise

    Bad Ideas for Paradise

    Bad Ideas for Paradise

    02001HD

    Funny, touching and ambitious in scope, Bad Ideas continues to deal with many of the themes addressed in Duke and Battersby’s earlier works:...

    Bad Ideas for Paradise
  • 2021
    The Infernal Grove

    The Infernal Grove

    The Infernal Grove

    02021HD

    The Infernal Grove is an unsystematic structural analysis of drug use, addiction and recovery (not necessarily in that order). It is anti-carceral,...

    The Infernal Grove
  • 2015
    Dear Lorde

    Dear Lorde

    Dear Lorde

    02015HD

    Fourteen year old bone collector Maxine Rose is looking for validation from her heroes. These include primatologist Jane Goodall, Archbishop Desmond...

    Dear Lorde
  • 2009
    Beauty Plus Pity

    Beauty Plus Pity

    Beauty Plus Pity

    02009HD

    Presented in seven parts, Beauty Plus Pity considers the potential for goodness amidst the troubled relations between God, humanity, animals, parents...

    Beauty Plus Pity
  • 2018
    After the American Election

    After the American Election

    After the American Election

    02018HD

    Based on dreams (waking and non-waking) by pals and acquaintances of noted American writer Lucy Corin, the night after the epochal US election of...

    After the American Election
  • 2019
    You Are an Amazement

    You Are an Amazement

    You Are an Amazement

    02019HD

    Semi-autobiographical, experimental narrative film tells the story of a woman growing up battling mental and emotional disability, but with a...

    You Are an Amazement
  • 2021
    Civil Twilight at the Vernal Equinox

    Civil Twilight at the Vernal Equinox

    Civil Twilight at the Vernal Equinox

    02021HD

    “What would another world look like, one that is carried by this feeling of empathy, of mutual love between humans and animals, between...

    Civil Twilight at the Vernal Equinox
  • 2019
    You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born

    You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born

    You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born

    02019HD

    A darkly comic film that follows a woman through a life characterized by damage, loss, humour and joy. With a score that follows the span of her...

    You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born
  • 2013
    Here Is Everything

    Here Is Everything

    Here Is Everything

    02013HD

    “Here is Everything appears as a message from The Future, as narrated by a cat and a rabbit. The two spiritual guides have decided to address...

    Here Is Everything
  • 2006
    Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure

    Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure

    Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure

    02006HD

    Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure is a fourteen-minute experimental video that unfolds through a series of short episodes. "To describe...

    Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure
  • 2003
    Curious About Existence

    Curious About Existence

    Curious About Existence

    02003HD

    Episodic in nature, Curious About Existence reacts ultimately against an uninspired but prevailing acceptance of moral terms. It begins with a song...

    Curious About Existence
  • 2002
    The Fine Arts

    The Fine Arts

    The Fine Arts

    02002HD

    In The Fine Arts, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby mock their own lack of inspiration: a woman confesses that she’s speaking French in the...

    The Fine Arts