Alexandra Juhasz Movies

  • 1997
    The Watermelon Woman

    The Watermelon Woman

    The Watermelon Woman

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    A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.

    The Watermelon Woman
  • 2010
    The Owls

    The Owls

    The Owls

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    Two middle-aged lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger girl and decide to cover it up. But their crime comes back to haunt them when an...

    The Owls
  • 2016
    Compulsive Practice

    Compulsive Practice

    Compulsive Practice

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    For the 2016 Day With(out) Art, Visual AIDS commissioned COMPULSIVE PRACTICE, a video compilation of compulsive, daily, and habitual practices by...

    Compulsive Practice
  • 2010
    Hooters!

    Hooters!

    Hooters!

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    “Hooters!” explores lesbian culture, with humor, insight, and artistry, through the collaborative film making process used in Cheryl...

    Hooters!
  • 1993
    Sex Fish

    Sex Fish

    Sex Fish

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    A euphoric lesbian sex video features a group of women in a frenzy of erotic scenes with poetry, slowly dripping water, fancy goldfish, and an...

    Sex Fish
  • 2002
    Naming Prairie

    Naming Prairie

    Naming Prairie

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    Two jewish lesbians hold a naming ceremony for their baby in a melding of old customs and new ideas.

    Naming Prairie
  • 1998
    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

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    Documentary that highlights 18 women and covers a period of time from the 50's to the 90's. The women chosen were selected because they represent the...

    Women of Vision
  • 2024
    Holding Patterns

    Holding Patterns

    Holding Patterns

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    A meditation on technologies of memory, with close attention paid to medium specificity, this installation considers how Zoom and other pandemic...

    Holding Patterns
  • 1990
    WE CARE: A Video for Care Providers of People Affected by AIDS

    WE CARE: A Video for Care Providers of People Affected by AIDS

    WE CARE: A Video for Care Providers of People Affected by AIDS

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    The Women's AIDS Video Enterprise (WAVE) was a unique "video support" group sponsored by the Brooklyn AIDS Task Force and arts funding organizations....

    WE CARE: A Video for Care Providers of People Affected by AIDS
  • 1989
    Just Another Documentary about the Lower East Side

    Just Another Documentary about the Lower East Side

    Just Another Documentary about the Lower East Side

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    Self-reflexive video/super 8 film starring James Robert Lamb, Carolyn Lesjak, Alexandra Juhasz and neighborhood folks from the LES, 1989

    Just Another Documentary about the Lower East Side
  • 2005
    Video Remains

    Video Remains

    Video Remains

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    In 1993, Alex shoots an interview with her best friend Jim as he tries to recount his life as he is dying. In 2004, she re-works this haunted video,...

    Video Remains
  • 2003
    Dear Gabe

    Dear Gabe

    Dear Gabe

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    A documentary structured around private and poetic letters to her son from the feminist activist filmmaker, Alexandra Juhasz. The film shows the...

    Dear Gabe