Sadie Benning

Sadie Benning's first film. A version of the teenage diary, Benning places her feelings of confusion and depression alongside grisly tales of tabl...

01 de jan. de 1989

“Nicky is seven. His parents are older and meaner.” A Place Called Lovely references the types of violence individuals find in life, from actual be...

01 de jan. de 1991

Benning gives a chronology of her crushes and kisses, tracing the development of her nascent sexuality.

31 de dez. de 1990

These five short videos introduce Judy, a paper maché puppet who ruminates on her position in society. Like Judy, of the famous Punch and Judy pupp...

01 de jan. de 1995

Set to music by Bikini Kill (an all-girl band from Washington), Girl Power is a raucous vision of what it means to be a radical girl in the 90s. Be...

15 de abr. de 1992

The narration and intertitles describe the ultimate teenage fantasy road-trip: a female version of Bonnie and Clyde in love, in trouble, and unstop...

10 de mai. de 1992

Setting her pixelvision camera on herself and her room, Benning searches for a sense of identity and respect as a woman and a lesbian. Acting alter...

01 de jan. de 1990

A diverse program of films and videos by various artists who challenge conventional representations of gender, family and sexuality, curated by Tom...

01 de jan. de 1992

Interpretation of Rita Mae Brown's groundbreaking lesbian coming-of-age novel Rubyfruit Jungle.

04 de jan. de 1989

Flat Is Beautiful is an experimental live-action cartoon using masks, animation, subtitles, drawings, and dramatic scenes to investigate the psychi...

01 de jan. de 1998

Shot in black and white Super-8, this lyrical short follows a wandering, disengaged youth through grey afternoons. Features the hard-edged music of...

01 de jan. de 1995

When she was 16, Benning stopped going to high school for three weeks and stayed inside with her camera, her TV set, and a pile of dirty laundry. L...

01 de jan. de 1989

This music video for the band Julie Ruin, fronted by Kathleen Hanna, formerly of Bikini Kill, critiques the cynical music marketeers of corporate A...

19 de fev. de 1998