Ana Mendieta Movies

A director is interested in the punk movement and outsiders. Following a meeting with a music group, he plans to make a documentary about it.

United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 1 min

United States 1972, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 7 min

Single channel, super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent.

This beautiful film is a portrait of the life and work of Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta. Mendieta used her own body, the raw materials of...

Mendieta, Ana: Burial Pyramide, Yagul, Mexico.

United States c.1974, Super 8 film transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

A self-portrait, Mirage exposes Mendieta's naked body in nature reflected in a mirror. She holds a gourd and stabs it open to let its seeds fly away.

Ana Mendieta, 1974

Sand and water meet in a glimmering silhouette.

United States 1974, Super 8 film transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

An elemental film of flesh, blood, earth and water, Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Sangrienta depicts the artist’s reposing body on the ground,...

Mendietas last film was made off the coast of Florida, the silhouette points to Cuba, while the tropical waters undulate around the sandy earthwork.

United States 1975, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 6 min

"Esculturas Rupestres" (Rupestrian Sculptures) was made in Jaruco Park outside of Havana. The low relief sculptures that resembled petroglyphs, were...

Artist, Ana Mendieta, narrates as corresponding images of her work in both still and moving images highlight her themes and meanings behind her work.

Film by Ana Mendieta

Ana Mendieta, 1975

A single-channel video (transferred from Super-8 film), color, silent, where we watch the artist from behind as she traces a rough outline of her...