Joyce Wieland Movies

  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1964
    Patriotism Part II

    Patriotism Part II

    Patriotism Part II

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    In a way a portrait of Dave Shackman with the American flag. The ending is a stop-motion animation of a set table with food moving and swirling and...

    Patriotism Part II
  • 1972
    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

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    We do not actually see Pierre Vallieres, we see only his lips, his teeth, as he talks in French. English subtitles translate what he says. He speaks...

    Pierre Vallières
  • 2016
    Portrait of Snow

    Portrait of Snow

    Portrait of Snow

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    A serendipitous encounter with a younger artist gives legendary Canadian art icon Michael Snow the opportunity to reflect on his life and career.

    Portrait of Snow
  • 1964
    New York Eye and Ear Control

    New York Eye and Ear Control

    New York Eye and Ear Control

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    A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera...

    New York Eye and Ear Control
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

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    "The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

    Bill's Hat
  • 1967
    Sailboat

    Sailboat

    Sailboat

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    A day at the Beach, at the Sea, at the Sky and at the Sailboats.

    Sailboat
  • 1965
    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

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    Constructed from found and stock footage, Barbara’s Blindness is a meditation on vision and adversity, drawing humour and pathos from a...

    Barbara’s Blindness
  • 1967
    Standard Time

    Standard Time

    Standard Time

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    Experimental short in which a camera pans quickly in a small apartment space; Disembodied voices speak of audience engagement.

    Standard Time
  • 1969
    Dripping Water

    Dripping Water

    Dripping Water

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    You see nothing but a white, crystal white plate, and water dripping into the plate, and you hear the sound of the water dripping. The film is ten...

    Dripping Water
  • 1987
    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

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    Considered one of Canada's most important women artists of the second half of the 20th century, Joyce Wieland's art embodies the essence of her...

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
  • 1967
    1933

    1933

    1933

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    The film 1933 made between 1967 and 1968 offers a street scene shot in New York City in the late 1960s from a loft window on the second floor.

    1933
  • 1964
    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    Peggy's Blue Skylight

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    Filmed in Joyce Wieland and Michael Snow’s loft in New York, the film covers a day of friends visiting, writing and drawing from noon of one...

    Peggy's Blue Skylight
  • 1968
    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    Knocturne

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    The rising moon is the main theme in this short movie of three people and an animal going about their nocturnal rituals. This movie is evidently part...

    Knocturne
  • 1967
    Hand Tinting

    Hand Tinting

    Hand Tinting

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    A study of poor Black and white girls at a Job Corps center, brought from rural areas to be “educated” in typing. Here you see displaced...

    Hand Tinting