Ana Mendieta Movies

Ana Mendieta, 1975

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

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

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

A film by Ana Mendieta

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

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...

Ana Mendieta, 1974

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

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

A dead tree. A body. Ocean waves.

A 1975 work, Butterfly makes use of polarized graphic effects as Ana Mendieta's spectral body sprouts iridescent wings.

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

A self-portrait, Mirage exposes Mendieta's naked body in nature reflected in a mirror. She holds a gourd and stabs it open to let its seeds fly away.

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

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

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

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...