M.M. Serra

M.M. Serra Trailers

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M.M. Serra is an experimental filmmaker, curator and author. She is the Executive Director of Film-Makers' Cooperative.

Most Popular M.M. Serra Trailers

Total trailers found: 36

Trick Film Trailer (1996)

13 February 1996

Activities at home with Mistress and her naughty pet.

Notes From the Lower East Side Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

An experimental documentary filmed over a two-year period, NOTES FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE includes such personalities as Clayton Patterson, performance artist Penny Arcade, Anthology's own Jed Rapfogel, and other amazing HOWL Fest personalities.

Die, F*ggot, Die! Trailer (2003)

19 November 2003

Two lesbians decide to kill their gay roommate.

Lavender Trailer (2010)

01 June 2010

A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

The Signing Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

Fragments of Paradise Trailer (2022)

31 August 2022

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films.

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Trailer (2011)

24 July 2011

Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up as part of the experimental film community.

August 10, 2010 Trailer (2019)

09 April 2019

New Tribute to Carolee Schneemann with Peggy Ahwesh. Shot on location at Carolee’s house in 2010. Made in the aftermath of her death, the filmmaker revisited old footage at Carolee’s divine house to resurrect memories of her.

Mary Magdaline Trailer (1991)

25 April 1991

"This is Freud's Dora told by Dora: a fresh revelation, a successful voyeurism. We are allowed to sit on three therapeutic sessions to hear the confessions as M.

Mary Magdalene Trailer (2017)

01 March 2017

MARY MAGDALENE is a construct of personal, mythological and political projections of the fluid identity of the individual.

Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Using Pixelvision video transferred to 16mm film, these works map the visual space of emotional investigation.

Art Parade Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

ART PARADE is a meditation on staring and display, and on the ambiguous energies that emanate from both.

Base Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Premier of Lhasa Club, a small club in L.A. California. It was famous for providing an eclectic program.

Endless Possibilities: Jack Waters and Peter Cramer Trailer (2021)

08 April 2021

Exploration of the life and work of Jack Waters and Peter Cramer.

Eye etc. Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Filmed on vacation in Hawaii, EYE ETC. explores the light, colors and sensuous movement of the Hawaiian culture.

Chop Off Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

"Chop Off exposes the dark, fearful recesses of the human psyche by filming the body modification of performance artist R.

Breathe Deep Trailer (2012)

01 January 2012

Ever wondered how to crystallize the body of a cat? Here M.M. Serra's dark and ethereal exploration of counterculture and body manipulation extends to the animal kingdom.

Framed Trailer (1984)

09 December 1984

16mm / color / sound

Real to Reel Momma Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

"... portrays the views of a first generation Italian-American woman though her life experiences as immigrant, factory worker, and as the 'emotional heart of the family.

PPII Trailer (1986)

09 December 1986

Inspired by Christo, a Christmas celebration wrapping (with red and green ribbons) of a seaside house in Puerto Pinesco, Mexico.

Darling International Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

A dark and sensual experimental narrative that explores a skilled technical worker's fantasies during her nights as a femme in the lower east side of New York.

Double Your Pleasure Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Sound by Jennifer Reeves Part of the "Ad It Up" series of shorts that are parodies of commercials.

Divine Possibilities Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A fantasy ad that infiltrates three leading visionary designers and their boutiques.

Soi-Meme Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Sound composition by Zeena Parkins. Erotic dance performance by Goddess Rosemary.

Turner Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Colorful, energetic, delicate and sensual, this early short by M.M. Serra presents her unique vision of eroticism and poetic cinema in a fast-paced collage of dreamlike imagery.

Bitch-Beauty Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

Bitch-Beauty is an experimental documentary paralleling the lives of Anne Hanavan, whose experiences as part of the underground scene in the East Village of the 1980s was contemporary with now-deceased actress Zoe Tamerlis Lund, the actor and screenwriter of Bad Lieutenant, who died of a heroin/cocaine overdose in 1999.

Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin Trailer (2011)

09 April 2011

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

Barney's Wall Trailer (2019)

04 May 2019

What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal and cultural battles smashed sexual and political taboos in the United States — unleashing the counter-culture of the 1960s and introducing millions of young intellectuals to the most radical currents in literature, film, theater and politics.

Jack Smith's Apartment Trailer (1990)

01 January 1990

Film of Jack Smith's apartment starring Penny Arcade before it was reposed by the "evil landlords."

911-Serra's Morning Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Director of the Film-makers Coop, M.M. Serra, recollects her morning on September 11, 2001. The Coop is a few blocks from the New York Worlds Trade Center.

Silent Garden Trailer (2021)

27 August 2021

Spring time in my garden with Francesca, visual variations of green light and shadows.

NYC Trailer (1985)

09 December 1985

Delicate fleeting imagery catches the flurry of the city’s changing moods.

L'amour fou Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

A curious meditation on the pleasures and terrors of s/m, in which interviews with enthusiasts collide with choice porn clips, Fleisher cartoons, Hans Bellmer poupees and a couple of sphincter-tightening routines.

Enduring Ornament Trailer (2015)

15 February 2015

Sourced from five 16mm filmstrips found outside of a closing adult bookstore on New York's former 42nd Street sex district.

Just For You Girls Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

A period-style advertisement recontextualized from a feminist perspective.

Nightfall Trailer (1984)

09 December 1984

16mm / color and b/w / sound