Carrie Mae Weems Movies

  • 2021
    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light

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    An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976...

    Black Art: In the Absence of Light
  • 2017
    The Madding Crowd

    The Madding Crowd

    The Madding Crowd

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    "A great many conundrums." An assemblage of found footage.

    The Madding Crowd
  • 2012
    Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art

    Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art

    Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art

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    In 2004 Checkerboard had the privilege of filming Carrie Mae Weems discussing her body of work, comprised of 17 projects spanning more than two...

    Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art
  • 2016
    Surveillance

    Surveillance

    Surveillance

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    A short film connecting contemporary state surveillance to histories of Black insurgency.

    Surveillance
  • 2021
    The Shape of Things

    The Shape of Things

    The Shape of Things

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    A cyclorama installation where artist Carrie Mae Weems addresses conditions of race in the United States. 'The Shape of Things: A Film in Seven...

    The Shape of Things
  • 2017
    Cornered

    Cornered

    Cornered

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    An installation utilizing two adjoining screens mounted in a corner. On the opposing sides, groups of people protest for and against desegregation...

    Cornered
  • 2012
    Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me

    Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me

    Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me

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    Carrie Mae Weems draws on narrative formats such as self-portraiture, social documentary and oral history to scrutinize notions of subjectivity in...

    Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me
  • 2013
    Holocaust Memorial

    Holocaust Memorial

    Holocaust Memorial

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    In this performance for camera, Weems creates a ritual dance through the pillars of Peter Eisenmann’s ‘Memorial to the Murdered Jews of...

    Holocaust Memorial
  • 2016
    People of a Darker Hue

    People of a Darker Hue

    People of a Darker Hue

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    People of a Darker Hue, 2016 Video, 14 minutes, 58 seconds © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

    People of a Darker Hue
  • 2009
    Afro Chic

    Afro Chic

    Afro Chic

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    Afro-Chic explores the construction of identity through the presentation of several women wearing exaggerated Afro hairstyles and sassy attire as...

    Afro Chic
  • 1970
    Italian Dreams

    Italian Dreams

    Italian Dreams

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    In one scene in Italian Dreams, we see a close-cropped view of Weems’s face juxtaposed with the visages of two young black women. She caresses...

    Italian Dreams