Muir, Madeline

1990

Dempsey, Shawna

1990

An outrageous feminist romp about the care and feeding of happy female genitalia.

Cole, Jeff

1990

Paul, 18, is gay and wants to tell his father. They go on holiday together and with the aid of a video camera play the truth game. Observing the tensions between a gay father and son, the film surveys the "forbidden space" between love and the erotic.

MacLean, David

1990

Child, Abigail

1990

1. "The Swamp: America's new family entertainment!" From bookstore to theme park, Swamp depicts how culture threatens to sink from sight in a mire of relentless progress. Enthusiastic overacting and fancy dress parties form the basis of Abigail Child's soap opera send-up which approaches the narrative structure of a TV serial so it can then splutter apart in a dizzying, discontinuous montage. The confused heroine, played by writer Carla Harryman, runs a beleaguered bookstore, and is trying to find time to tell her fiancé that she's seeing another woman—her psychiatrist's receptionist. As plots and characters pile up, their intrigues begin to converge.

Child, Abigail

1990

1. "The Swamp: America's new family entertainment!" From bookstore to theme park, Swamp depicts how culture threatens to sink from sight in a mire of relentless progress. Enthusiastic overacting and fancy dress parties form the basis of Abigail Child's soap opera send-up which approaches the narrative structure of a TV serial so it can then splutter apart in a dizzying, discontinuous montage. The confused heroine, played by writer Carla Harryman, runs a beleaguered bookstore, and is trying to find time to tell her fiancé that she's seeing another woman—her psychiatrist's receptionist. As plots and characters pile up, their intrigues begin to converge.

Hilferty, Robert

1990

A look at the preparation for ACT UP's controversial demonstration against Cardinal O'Connor at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1989.

Black, Angie

1990

Angie Black’s State of Mind takes us through an experimental sexual journey as a butch babe on a motorcycle recalls a past lover.

Harris, Thomas Allen

1990

An emotionally violent (and funny) flashback to prepuberty.

Beatty, Maria

1990

This hour-long documentary seeks to answer the questions, "What is performance art? Why do women do it? And what are the strengths of this medium for putting across a political message?" Many of the currently active women performance artists speak to these questions in Sphinxes Without Secrets, so the video should be of special interest to fans of Rachael Rosenthal, Arlene Raven, Diamanda Galas, and Robby McCauley, whose works are featured. Many others give their opinions, including Annie Sprinkle, who does something new with her breasts. While the opinionating is less engaging than the performances (and be warned, these theatrical pieces are not shown to their best advantage on video), what is striking is the overview, shown in 30 or 40 short sequences, of the range and energy of activity. Fantastical costumes, glimpsed briefly, compelling bodywork, and the images of many women engaged in such different ways onstage, most effectively describes the importance of performance art. Recommended for theatre buffs, East Villagers, artist-activists, and costumers.