Gunvor Nelson Movies

  • 1972
    Take Off

    Take Off

    Take Off

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    Ellion Ness, a thoroughly professional stripper, goes through her paces, bares her body, and then, astonishingly and literally, transcends it. While...

    Take Off
  • 1965
    Schmeerguntz

    Schmeerguntz

    Schmeerguntz

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    Schmeerguntz is one long raucous belch in the face of the American Home. A society which hides its animal functions beneath a shiny public surface...

    Schmeerguntz
  • 1969
    My Name Is Oona

    My Name Is Oona

    My Name Is Oona

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    Experimental film with Gunvor Nelson's daughter Oona.

    My Name Is Oona
  • 1970
    Reunion

    Reunion

    Reunion

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    Reunion
  • 1991
    Time Being

    Time Being

    Time Being

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    Gunvor Nelson stares intently at her mother Carin, a woman whose body has been devastated by the challenges of her last days on this earth. In three...

    Time Being
  • 1994
    Before Need Redressed

    Before Need Redressed

    Before Need Redressed

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    After doing Before Need, Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley embarked on a new creative process. They revisited the film, reworked it and reassembled it...

    Before Need Redressed
  • 2018
    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

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    From 2015 to 2017, Lynne Sachs visited with Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer and Gunvor Nelson, three multi-faceted artists who have embraced the...

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
  • 1986
    Red Shift

    Red Shift

    Red Shift

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    This magnus opus is a domestic symphony from a woman's point of view, the portrait of a grandmother, mother and child and their home. The women and...

    Red Shift
  • 1967
    Fog Pumas

    Fog Pumas

    Fog Pumas

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    A lyrical, surreal film populated by an assortment of human beings, creatures, places and events.

    Fog Pumas
  • 1992
    Old Digs

    Old Digs

    Old Digs

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    "OLD DIGS is an inner journey through the sights and sounds of Kristinehamn as reflected in its central river." - Steve Anker

    Old Digs
  • 2001
    Snowdrift

    Snowdrift

    Snowdrift

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    Nelson's second work shot on digital video, after Tree-Line (1998).

    Snowdrift
  • 2006
    True to Life

    True to Life

    True to Life

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    Gunvor Nelson plays freely and naturally in a garden confronting the camera with nature, and nature with the camera to reveal a new life force and...

    True to Life
  • 2010
    Kristina's Harbor Revisited

    Kristina's Harbor Revisited

    Kristina's Harbor Revisited

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    Kristina's Harbor Revisited
  • 2017
    On the Fence

    On the Fence

    On the Fence

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    Nelson’s most recent work deals with topics of migration, demarcation, and borders.

    On the Fence
  • 1971
    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

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    A feature-length documentary directed by Dorothy Wiley and Gunvor Nelson about five working San Francisco artists: William T. Wiley, Robert Hudson,...

    Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob
  • 2006
    New Evidence

    New Evidence

    New Evidence

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    Shadows of people inhabit a wintry road, casting darkness over the tracks. What happens when this substance is washed away by fleeting reflections...

    New Evidence
  • 1973
    One and the Same

    One and the Same

    One and the Same

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    A self-portrait by two women filmmakers in celebration of their friendship and filmmaking.

    One and the Same
  • 1976
    Trollstenen

    Trollstenen

    Trollstenen

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    Laced with memories and dreams from the past, the film is a multi-layered personal documentary of the life of filmmaker Gunvor Nelson's parents and...

    Trollstenen
  • 1998
    Tree-Line

    Tree-Line

    Tree-Line

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    Gunvor Nelson's first video work.

    Tree-Line
  • 1987
    Light Years

    Light Years

    Light Years

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    A collage film and a journey through the Swedish landscape, traversing stellar distances in units of 5878 trillion miles. It is a film acutely in the...

    Light Years