Movies

  • 1983
    Dream City

    Dream City

    Dream City

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    Ulysses Jenkins composed "Dream City" from documentation of a twenty-four-hour performance he organized in collaboration with David Hammons, Maren...

    Dream City
  • 2005
    House Dances

    House Dances

    House Dances

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    An impromptu choreography of housework, including rhythmic sweeping, dancing, moving around with plastic bags filled with clothing, and demonstrating...

    House Dances
  • 1979
    Vanities

    Vanities

    Vanities

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    Part 3 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Vanities" was performed for the camera.

    Vanities
  • 1979
    Lives

    Lives

    Lives

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    Part 2 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Lives" documents how mothers and their children move similarly.

    Lives
  • 1978
    Diaries

    Diaries

    Diaries

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    Part 1 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Diaries" documents daily activity.

    Diaries
  • 2005
    Birthright

    Birthright

    Birthright

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    This is the story of my Father’s family. All the past washes downriver, leaving debris as in the wake of a terrible flood.

    Birthright
  • 2004
    Daily Mask

    Daily Mask

    Daily Mask

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    In Daily Mask (2004), Hassinger embodies the narrator caught behind the minstrel's (a racist cultural stereotype) mask. - LeRonn P. Brooks

    Daily Mask
  • 2006
    Legacy

    Legacy

    Legacy

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    In Legacy (2006), a thirteen-minute video projection of various words and phrases which relate to the African-American experience, Hassinger...

    Legacy