Ana Mendieta Movies

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...

1. Sweating Blood, November 1973 2. Blood Writing, February 1974 3. Body Tracks, March 1974 4. Burial Pyramid, Summer 1974 5. Untitled, Summer...

A film by Ana Mendieta

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1980

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

United States / Cuba 1981, Super 8 transferred to digital, black and white, silent, 2 min

Blood Inside Outside, demonstrates the pioneering feminist artist’s exploration of the multiple layers of meaning ascribed to blood—from...

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

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

In X-Ray, Ana Mendieta uses a Cinefluorography unit, a medical tool usually employed for diagnostic and research procedures. In Mendieta’s...

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

Ana Mendieta, 1975

Super-8 film transferred to high-definition digital support, colour, silent. Fundamento Palo Monte belongs to the Siluetas, a series of ephemeral...

This film is a performance that the artist undertook at Old Man’s Creek, Sharon Center, Iowa City, Iowa. The performance was recorded on...

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 1979, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

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

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

United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

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