Artists on Artists: 12 Short Films Presented by This Long Century
12 Episodes
As an ever-expanding online archive, This Long Century has published hundreds of unmediated personal reflections from artists, filmmakers, and writers over the past fifteen years. This eclectic selection of films by a small group of past This Long Century contributors—including Kelly Reichardt, Albert Serra, Deborah Stratman, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen—foregrounds the long tradition of artists depicting other artists in their work. Through portraits, tributes, and personal responses, these short works by some of today’s most fascinating filmmakers—some of which have never before been shown outside of a gallery or museum setting—create richly inspired feedback loops, offering unique insight into both their creators and subjects.
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12:44Episode 1
Anne Truitt, Working
Episode 1
Directed by Jem Cohen • 2009 • United States
Starring Anne TruittJem Cohen’s portrait of sculptor Anne Truitt features an interview with the artist and footage shot in and around her studios at the Yaddo artist colony and in Washington D. C. Rather than an attempt to depict the art itself, whic...
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18:48Episode 2
Cuba Libre
Episode 2
Directed by Albert Serra • 2013 • Spain
Starring Xavier Gratacós, Albert Serra, Lluís CarbóAlbert Serra pays homage to his cinematic idol Rainer Werner Fassbinder (and his film BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE in particular) in this musical short, which unfolds in an atmospheric nightclub where a singer ...
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31:04Episode 3
Prisoner’s Cinema
Episode 3
Directed by Beatriz Santiago Muñoz • 2013 • Puerto Rico
After prolonged incarceration and sensory deprivation, some prisoners experience visual hallucinations filled with extraordinary luminescence and color—visions sometimes referred to as “prisoner’s cinema.” Drawing on the writings of Puerto ...
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04:54Episode 4
Antoine/Milena
Episode 4
Directed by Sharon Lockhart • 2015 • United States
Artist Sharon Lockhart recreates a classic sequence from François Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS, starring her recurring collaborator Milena in the Antoine Doinel role.
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29:39Episode 5
The Foundation
Episode 5
Directed by P. Staff • 2015 • United States, United Kingdom
Originally conceived as a gallery installation, THE FOUNDATION explores the complex legacy of gay fetish artist Tom of Finland via a portrait of the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles and the community that has formed around it.
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38:08Episode 7
We Were Lost in Our Country
Episode 7
Directed by Tuan Andrew Nguyen • 2019 • Australia
The large-scale painting known as the Ngurrara Canvas II is many things to many people. But to Australia’s Aboriginal Ngurrara people it is a map, made from memory, of a place where their ancestors lived for over sixty thousand years and a direct...
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08:48Episode 8
Bronx, New York, November 2019
Episode 8
Directed by Kelly Reichardt • 2021 • France
Starring Michell SegreKelly Reichardt’s snapshot of artist Michelle Segre at work in her New York City studio captures the creation of her unique, large-scale sculptures made from yarn and wire.
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09:57Episode 9
Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020
Episode 9
Directed by Kelly Reichardt • 2021 • France
Starring Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Alexander DemetriouA wordless portrait of sculptor Jessica Jackson Hutchins shows us the artist in the process of transforming clay into uncanny forms.
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05:04Episode 10
Dear Chantal
Episode 10
Directed by Nicolás Pereda • 2021 • Mexico, Spain
Starring Catalina PeredaNicolás Pereda’s playful and moving homage to Chantal Akerman takes the form of a series of letters responding to her imagined inquiry about renting a home in Mexico City.
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06:52Episode 11
For the Time Being
Episode 11
Directed by Deborah Stratman • 2021 • United States
Filmed on and around the Great Salt Lake, Mono Lake, and Meteor Crater, Deborah Stratman’s video letter to trailblazing land artist Nancy Holt pays homage to their shared interests in terminal lakes, framed views, monuments, and time.
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13:39Episode 12
Nadine Nortier
Episode 12
Directed by Gillian Garcia • 2022 • United States
Starring Nikki Burnett, Keiolani Mahinan, Luna DyerThree street-cast actors perform Mouchette’s gestures with unwitting knowledge of Robert Bresson or his 1967 film, which starred Nadine Nortier as the title character. What emerges is a series o...