JoAnn Elam Movies

"Pup Birth" captures the excitement, chaos, and tenderness between a dog and her newly-born litter of puppies. In intimate close-up, the puppies...

Footage documenting Chicago's famed "Blizzard of '79," including some early examples of parking "dibs," people digging out their cars, and postal...

Experimental film by Chicago filmmaker JoAnn Elam (1949-2009). Altered lyrics to the song "Chains" sit atop animated images of grains. Exact date of...

The title of this fast paced experimental film presumably refers to the American counterculture catalog published by Stewart Brand between 1968 and...

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

8mm. experimental film shot by JoAnn Elam in Sanibel, Florida.

A woman wakes up, gets dressed, makes breakfast and walks down the street. This daily ritual becomes extraordinary seen in a trance-like structure of...

Rape has three victims discussing their emotional, physical and intellectual responses, then and now, highlighted and commented upon by a series of...

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

Experimental filmmaker JoAnn Elam guides (or limits) the viewer's eyes down a rural, wooded path.

Abstract, direct animation consisting of triangular shapes that flow past the frame. Apparently the source for "Filmabuse" (F.2011-01-0262) and...

"Popcorn" begins with a teenaged boy reading from an unknown text inside a living room. JoAnn Elam is seen knitting, presumably nearby, before...

A series of home move style shots of a mother and her young child crawling outdoors. Scenes include a mother and toddler playing in a Chicago...

"Closet Film" flickers hues of white and yellow intermittently. Stretching to its halfway point, the frame cuts to black as a myriad of blues barrage...

Filmed at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, "Woman's Place & Dance" features a group of young women and men running around and enjoying...

Optical printing experiments of a 16mm pornographic film.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Lie Back & Enjoy It is a dialectical film about the politics of representation. Its image track consists of technologically manipulated images of...

Abstract images of flames and fire.