Cauleen Smith Movies

  • 2006
    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT

    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT

    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT

    02006HD

    Images and poems responding to the photographs of Malik Sidié. A collaboration with poet, A. Van Jordan. Loops designed for install.

    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT
  • 2015
    Crow Requiem

    Crow Requiem

    Crow Requiem

    82015HD

    Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of Syracuse and Auburn, New York, both of which were key stations on the Underground...

    Crow Requiem
  • 2008
    The Fullness of Time

    The Fullness of Time

    The Fullness of Time

    02008HD

    Science Fiction rumination of post-Katrina New Orleans: space, place and post traumatic stress. Executive produced by Paul Chan and Creativetime.

    The Fullness of Time
  • 2011
    Remote Viewing

    Remote Viewing

    Remote Viewing

    02011HD

    "Remote Viewing" is a story in which a man related that, as a boy, he had watched the whites in his town attempt to obliterate every trace of the...

    Remote Viewing
  • 2005
    The Green Dress

    The Green Dress

    The Green Dress

    02005HD

    The syntax of cinema collides with string theory and the unchanging sameness of movies, romance, horror, and landscape.

    The Green Dress
  • 2008
    Entitled

    Entitled

    Entitled

    02008HD

    Entitled, a correspondence with historical still life painters. Super-8 transferred to digital video “Smith has developed a lyrical visual...

    Entitled
  • 2019
    Sojourner

    Sojourner

    Sojourner

    02019HD

    Set in Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Desert Art Museum in Joshua Tree, California, artist Cauleen Smith reimagines this unique space as a radical...

    Sojourner
  • 1990
    Daily Rains

    Daily Rains

    Daily Rains

    01990HD

    Daily Rains is a measured, poetic work that confronts head-on the micro- and macro-aggressions faced by young Black women. Restored by the Academy...

    Daily Rains
  • 1970
    T Minus Two

    T Minus Two

    T Minus Two

    01970HD

    The countdown audio footage from the Apollo 11 launch date is heard over a flamed-out, iridescent landscape. Appropriating and reframing the...

    T Minus Two
  • 2022
    My Caldera

    My Caldera

    My Caldera

    02022HD

    The imagery of the film is of volcanic scenes in various life stages, from pouring magma to inert mountain, with colors unnaturally saturated –...

    My Caldera
  • 2017
    Triangle Trade

    Triangle Trade

    Triangle Trade

    02017HD

    Mythical forms embodied in puppetry and cinematic spectacle.

    Triangle Trade
  • 2012
    The Way Out Is The Way Two

    The Way Out Is The Way Two

    The Way Out Is The Way Two

    02012HD

    A collection of 14 short films that all revolve around Sun Ra and his time in Chicago

    The Way Out Is The Way Two