Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies

  • 2019
    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    52019HD

    Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over...

    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
  • 2010
    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    4.72010HD

    Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing...

    !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
  • 2002
    Teknolust

    Teknolust

    Teknolust

    4.3382002HD

    Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to...

    Teknolust
  • 2017
    VertiGhost

    VertiGhost

    VertiGhost

    02017HD

    VertiGhost, a newly commissioned work by Lynn Hershman Leeson for the Fine Arts Museums, draws the viewer into a meditation about notions of...

    VertiGhost
  • 2024
    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    02024HD

    The final video in the four-part Cyborg series.

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality
  • 2019
    Shadow Stalker

    Shadow Stalker

    Shadow Stalker

    02019HD

    Shadow Stalker outlines the history of Predictive Policing, Digital Identity Theft and the dangers of Data Mining, that uses algorithms, performance...

    Shadow Stalker
  • 2007
    Strange Culture

    Strange Culture

    Strange Culture

    4.72007HD

    The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). The work of Kurtz and other CAE members...

    Strange Culture
  • 1999
    Conceiving Ada

    Conceiving Ada

    Conceiving Ada

    4.51999HD

    Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the...

    Conceiving Ada
  • 1976
    Bonwit Windows

    Bonwit Windows

    Bonwit Windows

    01976HD

    Documentary about an art installtion.

    Bonwit Windows
  • 2017
    Tania Libre

    Tania Libre

    Tania Libre

    02017HD

    In 2015 reknown Cuban artist Tania Bruguera was imprisoned in Havana after advocating for freedom of expression. Shortly after her release she...

    Tania Libre
  • 2021
    Tell Them We Were Here

    Tell Them We Were Here

    Tell Them We Were Here

    02021HD

    Tell Them We Were Here is an inspirational feature-length documentary about eight artists who show us why art is vital to a healthy society and...

    Tell Them We Were Here
  • 1994
    Twists in the Cord (or) … Other Extensions of the Telephone

    Twists in the Cord (or) … Other Extensions of the Telephone

    Twists in the Cord (or) … Other Extensions of the Telephone

    01994HD

    This docudrama presents the history of the telephone, updated and told from the point of view of a character who uses the screen as both a connection...

    Twists in the Cord (or) … Other Extensions of the Telephone
  • 1994
    Seduction of a Cyborg

    Seduction of a Cyborg

    Seduction of a Cyborg

    01994HD

    "A poetic allegory about technology's invasion of the body and the destruction of the immune system, witnessing the pollution of history that drowns...

    Seduction of a Cyborg
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2022
    Logic Paralyzes the Heart

    Logic Paralyzes the Heart

    Logic Paralyzes the Heart

    02022HD

    Presents the story of the first cyborg, portrayed by actress Joan Chen. Now 61 years old, the actress details the history of cyborgian technology,...

    Logic Paralyzes the Heart
  • 2007
    Life Squared

    Life Squared

    Life Squared

    02007HD

    This project uses mixed reality convergence through which users can participate in some of the digital existing archive of Lynn Hershman Leeson, now...

    Life Squared
  • 1989
    Longshot

    Longshot

    Longshot

    01989HD

    Fact and fiction blur in this faux documentary about a lost woman, Lian, who is searching for her own identity. Lian is manipulated by Dennis, a...

    Longshot
  • 1978
    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    01978HD

    This short film documents the transformation of Hershman Leeson into her performance persona, Roberta Breitmore.

    Lynn Turning into Roberta