JoAnn Elam Movies

Portraits of Chuck’s cats and friends, as well as a self-portrait.

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

Underexposed scenes from a backyard barbecue likely at the home of JoAnn Elam and Joe Hendrix, featuring members of the "Logan Square Rhinos" —...

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

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

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

Abstract short.

Chicago streets.

The film was made in response to an evening during which a number of male members of Chicago's experimental film scene gathered at JoAnn's house and...

In this footage by JoAnn Elam, almost nothing is discernible, with the exception of buildings sometimes emerging in the dark and stripes of orange...

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

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

An outdoor gathering.

A myriad of purple and blue markings flicker hypnotically across the screen in “Filmabuse.” Periodically a blue screen flashes,...

USPS workers go bowling.

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Digging in the woods.

Abstract direct animation film made by JoAnn Elam.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.