1987 Movies

Degraded found footage of a silent comedy.

Photographed in East Sommerville, MA. An empty lot piled with garbage and remnants of the past lives of its nearby residents cut in with the brave lau...

Colored bars and other shapes travel across objects inside the rooms of a house.

The different traditions interfere with the details, but their fire is the same. It is an undeniable fact that Saint Maria lived during the Ottoman do...

I spent six months in Guinea - Conakry - between February and July 1986; shooting alone in Super8, I filmed elements of people’s lives and fragments o...

Binge turns on confession and self-image, using obesity as the main course. Losing her familiar shape to overeating, Lynn Hershman occupies electronic...

A 1987 video by Ivar Smedstad

Thought Crimes' manipulates everyday objects and familiar materials, using them to create unexpected powerful effects. The possibilities of vibration...

A video by Leslie Singer

A 1987 video by Cecilia Dougherty

A video by Leslie Singer

Justina and her family abandon paganism and embrace Christianity. Having studied all ancient writers and all religions, Cyprian decided to serve Satan...

Documentary about skinheads in Stockholm.

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, along comes Rent-A-Friend. Released in 1987, this video was intended for lonely people with VCRs. Pop in the...

One of the best and most read classic stories. Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, has been made into a screen classic. It is the beloved story of...

A sculptural film which explores the space on and just below the surface of a swimming pool. It plays with orientation, weightlessness and particularl...