Ana Mendieta Movies

  • 2024
    Visiting Hours

    Visiting Hours

    Visiting Hours

    5.62024HD

    Alma, alone in her big townhouse, and Mina, a single mother from a housing project in another city, have organized their lives around the prison...

    Visiting Hours
  • 1974
    Burial Pyramid

    Burial Pyramid

    Burial Pyramid

    01974HD

    Mendieta, Ana: Burial Pyramide, Yagul, Mexico.

    Burial Pyramid
  • 1978
    Volcan de Arena, Silueta series (Volcán, Arena y Explosión)

    Volcan de Arena, Silueta series (Volcán, Arena y Explosión)

    Volcan de Arena, Silueta series (Volcán, Arena y Explosión)

    01978HD

    Film by Ana Mendieta, 1978

    Volcan de Arena, Silueta series (Volcán, Arena y Explosión)
  • 1981
    Ana Mendieta: Selected Film Works

    Ana Mendieta: Selected Film Works

    Ana Mendieta: Selected Film Works

    01981HD

    Some of the films are presented in tandem in darkened interiors that resemble the caves where Mendieta sculpted some of her final works. One film...

    Ana Mendieta: Selected Film Works
  • 1980
    Fundamento Palo Monte (Silueta Series, Gunpowder Works)

    Fundamento Palo Monte (Silueta Series, Gunpowder Works)

    Fundamento Palo Monte (Silueta Series, Gunpowder Works)

    01980HD

    Super-8 film transferred to high-definition digital support, colour, silent. Fundamento Palo Monte belongs to the Siluetas, a series of ephemeral...

    Fundamento Palo Monte (Silueta Series, Gunpowder Works)
  • 1970
    Fils de Punk

    Fils de Punk

    Fils de Punk

    01970HD

    By following a music group, director JUDAT becomes interested in the punk movement and outsiders. He plans to make a documentary about it.

    Fils de Punk
  • 1979
    Volcán

    Volcán

    Volcán

    01979HD

    Volcán captures a raised mound of earth set against a grassy riverbank. A white silhouette in the shape of a female body lies atop of the...

    Volcán
  • 1976
    Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)

    Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)

    Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)

    01976HD

    In Ana Mendieta’s Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), the artist’s silhouetted form is replicated as an effigy with blazing...

    Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece)
  • 1974
    Body Tracks

    Body Tracks

    Body Tracks

    31974HD

    United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 1 min

    Body Tracks
  • 1974
    Silueta del Laberinto (Laberinth Blood Imprint)

    Silueta del Laberinto (Laberinth Blood Imprint)

    Silueta del Laberinto (Laberinth Blood Imprint)

    01974HD

    United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

    Silueta del Laberinto (Laberinth Blood Imprint)
  • 1973
    Moffitt Building Piece

    Moffitt Building Piece

    Moffitt Building Piece

    01973HD

    Considered to be the first of Ana Mendieta's video, performance and film based pieces responding to the death and murder of Sara Ann Otten on March...

    Moffitt Building Piece
  • 1975
    Alma, Silueta en Fuego

    Alma, Silueta en Fuego

    Alma, Silueta en Fuego

    01975HD

    Ana Mendieta, 1975

    Alma, Silueta en Fuego
  • 1974
    Dog

    Dog

    Dog

    01974HD

    United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

    Dog
  • 1987
    Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

    Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

    Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra

    101987HD

    This beautiful film is a portrait of the life and work of Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta. Mendieta used her own body, the raw materials of...

    Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra
  • 1974
    Grass Breathing

    Grass Breathing

    Grass Breathing

    21974HD

    United States c.1974, Super 8 film transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

    Grass Breathing
  • 1972
    Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece

    Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece

    Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece

    21972HD

    United States 1972, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 7 min

    Chicken Movie, Chicken Piece
  • 2015
    Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside

    Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside

    Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside

    02015HD

    Artist, Ana Mendieta, narrates as corresponding images of her work in both still and moving images highlight her themes and meanings behind her work.

    Ana Mendieta, Nature Inside
  • 1974
    Blood Sign

    Blood Sign

    Blood Sign

    01974HD

    A single-channel video (transferred from Super-8 film), color, silent, where we watch the artist from behind as she traces a rough outline of her...

    Blood Sign
  • 1975
    Black Angel

    Black Angel

    Black Angel

    01975HD

    Short film by Ana Mendieta.

    Black Angel
  • 1974
    Blood + Feathers

    Blood + Feathers

    Blood + Feathers

    01974HD

    This film is a performance that the artist undertook at Old Man’s Creek, Sharon Center, Iowa City, Iowa. The performance was recorded on...

    Blood + Feathers