Ana Mendieta Movies

Some of the films are presented in tandem in darkened interiors that resemble the caves where Mendieta sculpted some of her final works. One film...

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

In X-Ray, Ana Mendieta uses a Cinefluorography unit, a medical tool usually employed for diagnostic and research procedures. In Mendieta’s...

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

United States / Mexico 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

Untitled is the first of over 100 films created by Ana Mendieta. By scratching and painting directly onto the film’s emulsion, she formed a...

This film shows the artist, covered in white bird feathers, running along the shoreline of La Ventosa beach in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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

Mendieta, Ana: Burial Pyramide, Yagul, Mexico.

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

United States 1980, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

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

United States 1979, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

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

United States 1975, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 6 min

Mendietas last film was made off the coast of Florida, the silhouette points to Cuba, while the tropical waters undulate around the sandy earthwork.

United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

Volcán captures a raised mound of earth set against a grassy riverbank. A white silhouette in the shape of a female body lies atop of the...