Ana Mendieta Movies

  • 1974
    Weather Balloon, Feathered Balloon

    Weather Balloon, Feathered Balloon

    Weather Balloon, Feathered Balloon

    01974HD

    United States 1974, Super 8 film transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

    Weather Balloon, Feathered Balloon
  • 1974
    Ocean Bird (Washup)

    Ocean Bird (Washup)

    Ocean Bird (Washup)

    01974HD

    United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

    Ocean Bird (Washup)
  • 1974
    Blood Writing

    Blood Writing

    Blood Writing

    01974HD

    United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

    Blood Writing
  • 1978
    Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 1

    Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 1

    Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 1

    01978HD

    Untitled: 'Silueta' Sequence No. 1
  • 1974
    Mirage

    Mirage

    Mirage

    01974HD

    A self-portrait, Mirage exposes Mendieta's naked body in nature reflected in a mirror. She holds a gourd and stabs it open to let its seeds fly away.

    Mirage
  • 1973
    Sweating Blood

    Sweating Blood

    Sweating Blood

    01973HD

    Single channel, super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent.

    Sweating Blood
  • 1973
    Door Piece

    Door Piece

    Door Piece

    01973HD

    Door Piece
  • 1981
    Esculturas Rupestres

    Esculturas Rupestres

    Esculturas Rupestres

    01981HD

    "Esculturas Rupestres" (Rupestrian Sculptures) was made in Jaruco Park outside of Havana. The low relief sculptures that resembled petroglyphs, were...

    Esculturas Rupestres
  • 1975
    X-ray

    X-ray

    X-ray

    01975HD

    In X-Ray, Ana Mendieta uses a Cinefluorography unit, a medical tool usually employed for diagnostic and research procedures. In Mendieta’s...

    X-ray
  • 1975
    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    01975HD

    A 1975 work, Butterfly makes use of polarized graphic effects as Ana Mendieta's spectral body sprouts iridescent wings.

    Butterfly
  • 1971
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01971HD

    Untitled is the first of over 100 films created by Ana Mendieta. By scratching and painting directly onto the film’s emulsion, she formed a...

    Untitled
  • 1973
    Parachute

    Parachute

    Parachute

    01973HD

    Captures students at Henry Sabin Elementary School in Iowa City holding a circular parachute and pulling down to catch the air's resistance.

    Parachute
  • 1975
    Silueta Sangrienta

    Silueta Sangrienta

    Silueta Sangrienta

    01975HD

    An elemental film of flesh, blood, earth and water, Ana Mendieta’s Silueta Sangrienta depicts the artist’s reposing body on the ground,...

    Silueta Sangrienta
  • 1981
    Birth (Gunpowder Works)

    Birth (Gunpowder Works)

    Birth (Gunpowder Works)

    01981HD

    Ana Mendieta, 1981

    Birth (Gunpowder Works)
  • 1975
    Energy Charge

    Energy Charge

    Energy Charge

    01975HD

    Ana Mendieta, 1975

    Energy Charge
  • 1974
    Creek

    Creek

    Creek

    01974HD

    Ana Mendieta, 1974

    Creek