Joyce Wieland Movies

  • 1968
    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    01968HD

    The rising moon is the main theme in this short movie of three people and an animal going about their nocturnal rituals. This movie is evidently part...

    Knocturne
  • 1966
    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    51966HD

    In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary...

    Manual of Arms
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1987
    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland

    01987HD

    Considered one of Canada's most important women artists of the second half of the 20th century, Joyce Wieland's art embodies the essence of her...

    Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
  • 1964
    Patriotism

    Patriotism

    Patriotism

    41964HD

    Patriotism, Part One depicts an army of phallic, bun-clad wieners marching on a vulnerable sleeping white male body, naked save for a sheet.

    Patriotism
  • 1965
    Water Sark

    Water Sark

    Water Sark

    4.81965HD

    "I decided to make a film at my kitchen table, there is nothing like knowing my table. The high art of the housewife. You take prisms, glass, lights...

    Water Sark
  • 1972
    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    21972HD

    We do not actually see Pierre Vallieres, we see only his lips, his teeth, as he talks in French. English subtitles translate what he says. He speaks...

    Pierre Vallières
  • 1967
    Sailboat

    Sailboat

    Sailboat

    4.71967HD

    A day at the Beach, at the Sea, at the Sky and at the Sailboats.

    Sailboat
  • 1967
    Cat Food

    Cat Food

    Cat Food

    51967HD

    A cat eats its methodical way through a polymorphous fish.

    Cat Food
  • 1963
    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    3.71963HD

    One of Joyce Wieland's earliest works, shot in 8mm and finally blown-up to 16mm, “Larry’s Recent Behaviour” has been described by...

    Larry's Recent Behaviour
  • 1986
    Birds at Sunrise

    Birds at Sunrise

    Birds at Sunrise

    31986HD

    "The film [Birds at Sunrise] was originally photographed in 1972. Birds from my window were filmed during the winter, through to the spring, with the...

    Birds at Sunrise
  • 1967
    Hand Tinting

    Hand Tinting

    Hand Tinting

    31967HD

    Hand Tinting, a five-minute silent study of young girls dancing, swimming, and observing one another by Joyce Wieland, […] has a quality that...

    Hand Tinting
  • 1965
    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    51965HD

    Constructed from found and stock footage, Barbara’s Blindness is a meditation on vision and adversity, drawing humour and pathos from a...

    Barbara’s Blindness
  • 1973
    Solidarity

    Solidarity

    Solidarity

    4.81973HD

    About a strike in which women are involved, but told in a very different way.

    Solidarity