M.M. Serra Movies

  • 1998
    Just For You Girls

    Just For You Girls

    Just For You Girls

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    A period-style advertisement recontextualized from a feminist perspective.

    Just For You Girls
  • 2007
    Art Parade

    Art Parade

    Art Parade

    02007HD

    ART PARADE is a meditation on staring and display, and on the ambiguous energies that emanate from both. Much of the film is dominated by the...

    Art Parade
  • 1991
    Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden

    Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden

    Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden

    01991HD

    Using Pixelvision video transferred to 16mm film, these works map the visual space of emotional investigation.

    Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden
  • 1987
    Turner

    Turner

    Turner

    01987HD

    Colorful, energetic, delicate and sensual, this early short by M.M. Serra presents her unique vision of eroticism and poetic cinema in a fast-paced...

    Turner
  • 1995
    Soi-Meme

    Soi-Meme

    Soi-Meme

    01995HD

    Sound composition by Zeena Parkins. Erotic dance performance by Goddess Rosemary.

    Soi-Meme
  • 2002
    Double Your Pleasure

    Double Your Pleasure

    Double Your Pleasure

    02002HD

    Sound by Jennifer Reeves Part of the "Ad It Up" series of shorts that are parodies of commercials.

    Double Your Pleasure
  • 2008
    Chop Off

    Chop Off

    Chop Off

    02008HD

    "Chop Off exposes the dark, fearful recesses of the human psyche by filming the body modification of performance artist R.K. Literally risking "life...

    Chop Off
  • 2010
    Lavender

    Lavender

    Lavender

    02010HD

    A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

    Lavender
  • 2019
    August 10, 2010

    August 10, 2010

    August 10, 2010

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    New Tribute to Carolee Schneemann with Peggy Ahwesh. Shot on location at Carolee’s house in 2010. Made in the aftermath of her death, the...

    August 10, 2010
  • 1984
    Framed

    Framed

    Framed

    01984HD

    16mm / color / sound

    Framed
  • 1982
    Base

    Base

    Base

    01982HD

    Premier of Lhasa Club, a small club in L.A. California. It was famous for providing an eclectic program. Jean-Pierre Boccara opened the club in 1982...

    Base
  • 2009
    The Signing

    The Signing

    The Signing

    02009HD

    MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

    The Signing
  • 1991
    Mary Magdaline

    Mary Magdaline

    Mary Magdaline

    01991HD

    "This is Freud's Dora told by Dora: a fresh revelation, a successful voyeurism. We are allowed to sit on three therapeutic sessions to hear the...

    Mary Magdaline
  • 2021
    Silent Garden

    Silent Garden

    Silent Garden

    02021HD

    Spring time in my garden with Francesca, visual variations of green light and shadows.

    Silent Garden
  • 2015
    Enduring Ornament

    Enduring Ornament

    Enduring Ornament

    02015HD

    Sourced from five 16mm filmstrips found outside of a closing adult bookstore on New York's former 42nd Street sex district.

    Enduring Ornament
  • 2017
    Mary Magdalene

    Mary Magdalene

    Mary Magdalene

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    MARY MAGDALENE is a construct of personal, mythological and political projections of the fluid identity of the individual. This digital...

    Mary Magdalene
  • 2003
    Divine Possibilities

    Divine Possibilities

    Divine Possibilities

    02003HD

    A fantasy ad that infiltrates three leading visionary designers and their boutiques.

    Divine Possibilities