JoAnn Elam Movies

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Digging in the woods.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Abstract short.

Cleaning supplies and flames.

Two pumpkins.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Filmed in extreme close-up, the lit-up pine needles of a Christmas tree are abstracted into forms of line and contrast. “Christmas Tree”...

JoAnn Elam's unfinished project, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (filmed from 1979 to 1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal...

Abstract images of flames and fire.

Joann Elam captures urban residents on the go in various seasons. The film begins in winter, as JoAnn captures sleepy neighborhood scenes from her...

Set to the Beatles 1965 song "You Like Me Too Much," Daytime Television consists of a series of close-up handheld pans of cleaning supply labels and...

Abstract direct animation film made by JoAnn Elam.

Experimental filmmaker JoAnn Elam guides (or limits) the viewer's eyes down a rural, wooded path.

The film was made in response to an evening during which a number of male members of Chicago's experimental film scene gathered at JoAnn's house and...