David Wojnarowicz Movies

  • 2019
    Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991

    Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991

    Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991

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    Political artist, painter, writer, performer and photographer David Wojnarowicz was one of the leading personalities of the 1980s New York art scene....

    Self-Portrait in 23 Rounds: a Chapter in David Wojnarowicz’s Life, 1989–1991
  • 1990
    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

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    Phil Zwickler interviews David Wojnarowicz about a NEA project grant for a gallery show.

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz
  • 2021
    Promises: Through Congress

    Promises: Through Congress

    Promises: Through Congress

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    Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor...

    Promises: Through Congress
  • 1991
    Bust

    Bust

    Bust

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    A close up head and shoulders of David Wojnarowicz, is the only image. He speaks with characteristic candor and ferocity about his experience being a...

    Bust
  • 2023
    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

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    Filmed in 1983 in New York at Pier 34, this film takes place at an abandoned storehouse which was left at the mercy of the elements and open to...

    Relax Be Cruel
  • 1978
    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

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    1978–79. Slideshow, approx. 7 min. Courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W, New York.

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York
  • 1994
    By the Dawn's Early Light

    By the Dawn's Early Light

    By the Dawn's Early Light

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    An intriguing, powerful work, portraying a journey through the dark, ugly underbelly of a rough and disturbed America. Resembling a Situationist d...

    By the Dawn's Early Light
  • 1985
    The Virginia Tripping Film

    The Virginia Tripping Film

    The Virginia Tripping Film

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    Carlo McCormick was invited to curate an East Village Art show at a gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland took filmic...

    The Virginia Tripping Film
  • 1983
    American Obsessions

    American Obsessions

    American Obsessions

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    Richard Kern’s 1983 film "American Obsessions" features David Wojnarowicz interacting with plaster heads from his “Metamorphosis”...

    American Obsessions
  • 1970
    All I can feel is the pressure

    All I can feel is the pressure

    All I can feel is the pressure

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    David Wojnarowicz speaking before his death. Tens pounds of pressure, tens pounds of rage

    All I can feel is the pressure