Michelle Handelman Movie Trailers

Terminal USA Trailer (1993)

17 September 1993

In a Japanese-American family, the mother is stealing the terminally ill grandpa's morphine, the airhead sister is having sex with the family lawyer, one brother gets perfect grades but is hiding a secret gay love of skinheads, and the other brother is a junkie.

Twists in the Cord (or) … Other Extensions of the Telephone Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

This docudrama presents the history of the telephone, updated and told from the point of view of a character who uses the screen as both a connection to intimacy and a condom for safe sex.

Solitude is an Artifact of the Struggle Against Oppression Trailer (2020)

01 August 2020

Solitude is an Artifact of the Struggle Against Oppression (2020) is a continuation of the project These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves which I started at the beginning of the pandemic.

I Hate You Trailer (2002)

12 September 2002

Riffing off of Nauman's early performance tapes, Handelman chants this negative affirmation into a song of personal endearment.

La Suture Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

An attic, a giant sewing needle and an anti-gravity fairy tale of sibling rivalry. Three sisters fight over who gets the biggest phallus in this post-feminist animation-infused playground by media artist Michelle Handelman.

These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves Trailer (2020)

28 May 2020

Michelle Handelman’s new work, THESE UNRULY AND UNGOVERNABLE SELVES (2020), recontextualizes characters from her previous works into a hypnotic visual essay about the transfiguring of interiority during periods of isolation and fear.

Candyland Trailer (2020)

18 September 2020

Candyland is one of a series of studio performances from the project "Cannibal Garden" that examines the constructed identity as it mutates through digital space.

Claiming the Liminal Space Trailer (2021)

24 April 2021

Michelle Handelman: These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves includes the artist’s new video trilogy, The Pandemic Series (2020-2021).

Abigail Trailer (2021)

31 March 2021

A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death.

Irma Vep, The Last Breath Trailer (2014)

26 August 2014

"Irma Vep, The Last Breath" is a multichannel video project based on Musidora, the French silent film actress, and the character she is best known for, Irma Vep from the film Les Vampires (dir.

BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism Trailer (1995)

10 June 1995

From pushy bottoms to macho femmes, Bloodsisters is an A–Z documentary guide that takes an in-depth look at the San Francisco Leatherdyke scene during the mid-nineties.

FIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival Trailer (2017)

08 April 2017

A documentary that introduces FIT Hives, a student-run organization whose mission is to educate the FIT community about the importance of bees to the environment, the use of bee-derived resources in the industries related to the majors at FIT and its goal to put a beehive on the roof.

Dorian, a cinematic perfume Trailer (2009)

26 August 2009

"Dorian, a cinematic perfume" is based on Oscar Wilde’s 19th century novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and its themes of decadence, narcissism and the meaning of art.

Flesh Histories Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

A diverse program of films and videos by various artists who challenge conventional representations of gender, family and sexuality, curated by Tom Kalin for Drift Distribution.

Safer Sexual Techniques in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Trailer (1988)

25 April 1988

Working from the premise that there is no such thing as safe sex, this film is designed as an arcane storybook with each sexual act being contained within a 100 ft.

Homophobia Is Known to Cause Nightmares Trailer (1991)

08 July 1991

A woman imitating a man, imitating himself. Using the cut-up techniques of William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, I edited this film using experimental out-takes and guided purely by intuition.

A History of Pain Trailer (1992)