Ana Mendieta Movies

United States 1972, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 7 min

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

A film by Ana Mendieta

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

Considered to be the first of Ana Mendieta's video, performance and film based pieces responding to the death and murder of Sara Ann Otten on March...

A single-channel video (transferred from Super-8 film), color, silent, where we watch the artist from behind as she traces a rough outline of her...

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

A dead tree. A body. Ocean waves.

United States 1978, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

This film is a performance that the artist undertook at Old Man’s Creek, Sharon Center, Iowa City, Iowa. The performance was recorded on...

Featured in Ana Mendieta's "Selected Performance Works"

United States / Cuba 1981, Super 8 transferred to digital, black and white, silent, 2 min

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