M.M. Serra Movies

A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

An experimental documentary filmed over a two-year period, NOTES FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE includes such personalities as Clayton Patterson,...

Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

Activities at home with Mistress and her naughty pet.

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal...

Two lesbians decide to kill their gay roommate.

MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

Bitch-Beauty is an experimental documentary paralleling the lives of Anne Hanavan, whose experiences as part of the underground scene in the East...

Sound composition by Zeena Parkins. Erotic dance performance by Goddess Rosemary.

Film of Jack Smith's apartment starring Penny Arcade before it was reposed by the "evil landlords."

Exploration of the life and work of Jack Waters and Peter Cramer.

Colorful, energetic, delicate and sensual, this early short by M.M. Serra presents her unique vision of eroticism and poetic cinema in a fast-paced...

"Chop Off exposes the dark, fearful recesses of the human psyche by filming the body modification of performance artist R.K. Literally risking "life...

Sound by Jennifer Reeves Part of the "Ad It Up" series of shorts that are parodies of commercials.

Ever wondered how to crystallize the body of a cat? Here M.M. Serra's dark and ethereal exploration of counterculture and body manipulation extends...

ART PARADE is a meditation on staring and display, and on the ambiguous energies that emanate from both. Much of the film is dominated by the...

A dark and sensual experimental narrative that explores a skilled technical worker's fantasies during her nights as a femme in the lower east side of...

Delicate fleeting imagery catches, in two minutes, the flurry of the city’s changing moods.