Gunvor Nelson Movies

  • 1969
    My Name Is Oona

    My Name Is Oona

    My Name Is Oona

    5.81969HD

    Experimental film with Gunvor Nelson's daughter Oona.

    My Name Is Oona
  • 2018
    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    5.62018HD

    From 2015 to 2017, Lynne Sachs visited with Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer and Gunvor Nelson, three multi-faceted artists who have embraced the...

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
  • 1969
    Kirsa Nicholina

    Kirsa Nicholina

    Kirsa Nicholina

    5.21969HD

    Kirsa Nicholina records the birth of a child at home by the Lamaze method. The father assists in the birth, while a physician guides him. At the...

    Kirsa Nicholina
  • 1992
    Old Digs

    Old Digs

    Old Digs

    01992HD

    "OLD DIGS is an inner journey through the sights and sounds of Kristinehamn as reflected in its central river." - Steve Anker

    Old Digs
  • 1972
    Take Off

    Take Off

    Take Off

    5.31972HD

    Ellion Ness, a thoroughly professional stripper, goes through her paces, bares her body, and then, astonishingly and literally, transcends it. While...

    Take Off
  • 1973
    Moon's Pool

    Moon's Pool

    Moon's Pool

    5.81973HD

    "Moons Pool" is a masterful and lyrical use of the film medium to portray the search for identity and resolution of self. Photographed under water,...

    Moon's Pool
  • 1998
    Tree-Line

    Tree-Line

    Tree-Line

    01998HD

    Gunvor Nelson's first video work.

    Tree-Line
  • 1965
    Schmeerguntz

    Schmeerguntz

    Schmeerguntz

    7.51965HD

    Schmeerguntz is one long raucous belch in the face of the American Home. A society which hides its animal functions beneath a shiny public surface...

    Schmeerguntz
  • 1991
    Time Being

    Time Being

    Time Being

    81991HD

    Gunvor Nelson stares intently at her mother Carin, a woman whose body has been devastated by the challenges of her last days on this earth. In three...

    Time Being
  • 1984
    Red Shift

    Red Shift

    Red Shift

    5.21984HD

    This magnus opus is a domestic symphony from a woman's point of view, the portait of a grandmother, monther and child and their home. The women and...

    Red Shift
  • 2006
    New Evidence

    New Evidence

    New Evidence

    02006HD

    Shadows of people inhabit a wintry road, casting darkness over the tracks. What happens when this substance is washed away by fleeting reflections...

    New Evidence
  • 1994
    Before Need Redressed

    Before Need Redressed

    Before Need Redressed

    5.51994HD

    After doing Before Need, Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley embarked on a new creative process. They revisited the film, reworked it and reassembled it...

    Before Need Redressed
  • 2006
    True to Life

    True to Life

    True to Life

    62006HD

    Gunvor Nelson plays freely and naturally in a garden confronting the camera with nature, and nature with the camera to reveal a new life force and...

    True to Life
  • 1986
    Light Years

    Light Years

    Light Years

    61986HD

    A collage film and a journey through the Swedish landscape, traversing stellar distances in units of 5878 trillion miles. It is a film acutely in the...

    Light Years
  • 1976
    Trollstenen

    Trollstenen

    Trollstenen

    61976HD

    Laced with memories and dreams from the past, the film is a multi-layered personal documentary of the life of filmmaker Gunvor Nelson's parents and...

    Trollstenen
  • 1967
    Fog Pumas

    Fog Pumas

    Fog Pumas

    41967HD

    A lyrical, surreal film populated by an assortment of human beings, creatures, places and events.

    Fog Pumas
  • 1988
    Field Study #2

    Field Study #2

    Field Study #2

    61988HD

    A collage film with sequences of live action with animation using cut-outs, found footage and pouring sands. A dark delicacy lingers....

    Field Study #2
  • 1984
    Frame Line

    Frame Line

    Frame Line

    61984HD

    FRAME LINE is a collage film in black and white. Glimpses (both visual and audial) of Stockholm, people, gestures, flags and the Swedish national...

    Frame Line
  • 2017
    On the Fence

    On the Fence

    On the Fence

    02017HD

    Nelson’s most recent work deals with topics of migration, demarcation, and borders.

    On the Fence
  • 1971
    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    01971HD

    A feature-length documentary directed by Dorothy Wiley and Gunvor Nelson about five working San Francisco artists: William T. Wiley, Robert Hudson,...

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob