JoAnn Elam Movies

  • 1979
    Shirley & Bruce

    Shirley & Bruce

    Shirley & Bruce

    01979HD

    Portraits of Chuck’s cats and friends, as well as a self-portrait.

    Shirley & Bruce
  • 1971
    Woman's Place & Dance

    Woman's Place & Dance

    Woman's Place & Dance

    01971HD

    Filmed at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, "Woman's Place & Dance" features a group of young women and men running around and enjoying...

    Woman's Place & Dance
  • 1975
    Rape

    Rape

    Rape

    01975HD

    Rape has three victims discussing their emotional, physical and intellectual responses, then and now, highlighted and commented upon by a series of...

    Rape
  • 1981
    Moving

    Moving

    Moving

    01981HD

    Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

    Moving
  • 1969
    3 Goats and a Gruff

    3 Goats and a Gruff

    3 Goats and a Gruff

    01969HD

    It's nice outside, take a stroll in the woods but be careful.

    3 Goats and a Gruff
  • 1974
    Love Me, Love My Dog

    Love Me, Love My Dog

    Love Me, Love My Dog

    01974HD

    An affectionate and humorous portrayal of the relationship between a woman and her dog. As the dog explores the world and meets other dogs on their...

    Love Me, Love My Dog
  • 1971
    Always Open/Never Closed

    Always Open/Never Closed

    Always Open/Never Closed

    01971HD

    A woman wakes up, gets dressed, makes breakfast and walks down the street. This daily ritual becomes extraordinary seen in a trance-like structure of...

    Always Open/Never Closed
  • 1979
    JoAnn & Susan x2

    JoAnn & Susan x2

    JoAnn & Susan x2

    01979HD

    “JoAnn & Susan x2” begins with a female protagonist, JoAnn Elam, playfully modeling a red, knit blanket, superimposed by a rider, JoAnn's...

    JoAnn & Susan x2
  • 1981
    Boyers & Rhinos

    Boyers & Rhinos

    Boyers & Rhinos

    01981HD

    Experimental home movie documenting a visit by filmmakers Wayne and Eleanor Boyer and their nine-year-old son Brett to JoAnn Elam's home in Logan...

    Boyers & Rhinos
  • 1973
    Chocolate Cake

    Chocolate Cake

    Chocolate Cake

    01973HD

    The film was made in response to an evening during which a number of male members of Chicago's experimental film scene gathered at JoAnn's house and...

    Chocolate Cake
  • 1970
    Pup Birth

    Pup Birth

    Pup Birth

    81970HD

    "Pup Birth" captures the excitement, chaos, and tenderness between a dog and her newly-born litter of puppies. In intimate close-up, the puppies...

    Pup Birth
  • 1970
    Light Leak

    Light Leak

    Light Leak

    01970HD

    In this footage by JoAnn Elam, almost nothing is discernible, with the exception of buildings sometimes emerging in the dark and stripes of orange...

    Light Leak
  • 1981
    Rhino BBQ

    Rhino BBQ

    Rhino BBQ

    01981HD

    Underexposed scenes from a backyard barbecue likely at the home of JoAnn Elam and Joe Hendrix, featuring members of the "Logan Square Rhinos" —...

    Rhino BBQ
  • 1970
    Closet Film

    Closet Film

    Closet Film

    01970HD

    "Closet Film" flickers hues of white and yellow intermittently. Stretching to its halfway point, the frame cuts to black as a myriad of blues barrage...

    Closet Film
  • 1982
    Lie Back & Enjoy It

    Lie Back & Enjoy It

    Lie Back & Enjoy It

    01982HD

    Lie Back & Enjoy It is a dialectical film about the politics of representation. Its image track consists of technologically manipulated images of...

    Lie Back & Enjoy It
  • 1979
    Blizzard of '79

    Blizzard of '79

    Blizzard of '79

    01979HD

    Footage documenting Chicago's famed "Blizzard of '79," including some early examples of parking "dibs," people digging out their cars, and postal...

    Blizzard of '79
  • 1984
    Garbage

    Garbage

    Garbage

    01984HD

    This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

    Garbage
  • 1970
    Last Whole Earth Catalog

    Last Whole Earth Catalog

    Last Whole Earth Catalog

    01970HD

    The title of this fast paced experimental film presumably refers to the American counterculture catalog published by Stewart Brand between 1968 and...

    Last Whole Earth Catalog
  • 1970
    Covered Bridge

    Covered Bridge

    Covered Bridge

    01970HD

    A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

    Covered Bridge
  • 1970
    Joe & Greens

    Joe & Greens

    Joe & Greens

    01970HD

    Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

    Joe & Greens