Ana Mendieta Movies

In X-Ray, Ana Mendieta uses a Cinefluorography unit, a medical tool usually employed for diagnostic and research procedures. In Mendieta’s...

This film is a performance that the artist undertook at Old Man’s Creek, Sharon Center, Iowa City, Iowa. The performance was recorded on...

United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

Ana Mendieta, 1974

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

A film by Ana Mendieta

Sand and water meet in a glimmering silhouette.

United States 1980, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 4 min

United States c.1974, Super 8 film transferred to digital, colour, silent, 3 min

Ana Mendieta, 1975

United States / Cuba 1981, Super 8 transferred to digital, black and white, silent, 2 min

A ritual brings the stone heart to life.

Film by Ana Mendieta

Some of the films are presented in tandem in darkened interiors that resemble the caves where Mendieta sculpted some of her final works. One film...

"Esculturas Rupestres" (Rupestrian Sculptures) was made in Jaruco Park outside of Havana. The low relief sculptures that resembled petroglyphs, were...

Ana Mendieta, 1975

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1980

Captures students at Henry Sabin Elementary School in Iowa City holding a circular parachute and pulling down to catch the air's resistance.