Ana Mendieta Movies

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...

Ana Mendieta, 1975

A film by Ana Mendieta

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

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

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...

Ana Mendieta, 1975

Sand and water meet in a glimmering silhouette.

An ephemeral, feminist earth-body performance piece featuring 47 black ritual candles arranged in the silhouette of her body.

Artist, Ana Mendieta, narrates as corresponding images of her work in both still and moving images highlight her themes and meanings behind her work.

Captures students at Henry Sabin Elementary School in Iowa City holding a circular parachute and pulling down to catch the air's resistance.

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

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

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...

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

1. Sweating Blood, November 1973 2. Blood Writing, February 1974 3. Body Tracks, March 1974 4. Burial Pyramid, Summer 1974 5. Untitled, Summer...

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

A haunting Santerían morsel of mysticism, ritual, and artist-as-subject from the towering Cuban-American.

In Ana Mendieta’s Anima, Silueta de Cohetes (Firework Piece), the artist’s silhouetted form is replicated as an effigy with blazing...