JoAnn Elam Movies

“Windows” documents the views of and out from windows around JoAnn Elam’s Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago. The first section...

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

Abstract, direct animation consisting of triangular shapes that flow past the frame. Apparently the source for "Filmabuse" (F.2011-01-0262) and...

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...

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

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Abstract short.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

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

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...

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Experimental filmmaker JoAnn Elam guides (or limits) the viewer's eyes down a rural, wooded path.

Gardening was an essential part of Elam’s life; she not only tended to her own, quite impressive, backyard garden, she also attained the status...

Similar to her "Back Porch" films, JoAnn Elam's "Front Porch" documents the scenes of life in her neighborhood in Chicago. The film pays especial...

An outdoor gathering.

USPS workers go bowling.

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

Optical printing experiments of a 16mm pornographic film.