Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies

  • 2019
    The Electronic Diaries

    The Electronic Diaries

    The Electronic Diaries

    02019HD

    A woman's personal life unfolds over twelve years in a video diary that simultaneously parallels and reflects global history. Personal fears and...

    The Electronic Diaries
  • 1990
    Desire Inc.

    Desire Inc.

    Desire Inc.

    01990HD

    Four "seduction ads" placed on cable TV stations invite unexpected responses. This short film is about fantasy and desire in a mediated world.

    Desire Inc.
  • 2024
    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    02024HD

    The final video in the four-part Cyborg series.

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality
  • 1992
    Seeing Is Believing

    Seeing Is Believing

    Seeing Is Believing

    01992HD

    Film becomes a metaphor for lost history and its “negative“ impact on successive generations who look for stability in an electronic...

    Seeing Is Believing
  • 2023
    Immortality

    Immortality

    Immortality

    02023HD

    Written and performed by a Cyborg – a GPT-3 Chatbot, considers how to transform human discrimination and technological weapons into tools of...

    Immortality
  • 1979
    Test Patterns

    Test Patterns

    Test Patterns

    01979HD

    In this “factional docudrama,” a “test pattern man” personifies television media. When an interviewer asks him about his...

    Test Patterns
  • 1986
    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

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    In Lynn Hershman’s Confessions of a Chameleon the artist shares intimate but highly suspect stories about her past. To cover her tracks,...

    Confessions of a Chameleon
  • 1978
    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

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    This short “portrait” of the artist was screened on public television.

    Commercial for Myself