Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies

  • 1978
    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

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    This short “portrait” of the artist was screened on public television.

    Commercial for Myself
  • 2019
    The Electronic Diaries

    The Electronic Diaries

    The Electronic Diaries

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    A woman's personal life unfolds over twelve years in a video diary that simultaneously parallels and reflects global history. Personal fears and...

    The Electronic Diaries
  • 1992
    Seeing Is Believing

    Seeing Is Believing

    Seeing Is Believing

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    Film becomes a metaphor for lost history and its “negative“ impact on successive generations who look for stability in an electronic...

    Seeing Is Believing
  • 1992
    Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story

    Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story

    Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story

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    "Not only about the cultural differences between America and Denmark, but also about the loss of identity as a result of the ubiquitous surveillance...

    Shooting Script: A Transatlantic Love Story
  • 2023
    Immortality

    Immortality

    Immortality

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    Written and performed by a Cyborg – a GPT-3 Chatbot, considers how to transform human discrimination and technological weapons into tools of...

    Immortality
  • 2024
    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

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    The final video in the four-part Cyborg series.

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality
  • 1986
    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

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    In Lynn Hershman’s Confessions of a Chameleon the artist shares intimate but highly suspect stories about her past. To cover her tracks,...

    Confessions of a Chameleon
  • 1978
    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    Lynn Turning into Roberta

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    This short film documents the transformation of Hershman Leeson into her performance persona, Roberta Breitmore.

    Lynn Turning into Roberta