David Wojnarowicz Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1991
    ITSOFOMO

    ITSOFOMO

    ITSOFOMO

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    ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion) is a multimedia performance collaboration created by artist David Wojnarowicz and composer/musician Ben...

    ITSOFOMO
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1990
    A Fire in My Belly

    A Fire in My Belly

    A Fire in My Belly

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    Experimental short film that explores themes of religion, violence, and gender/masculinity.

    A Fire in My Belly
  • 1981
    Heroin

    Heroin

    Heroin

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    Unfinished David Wojnarowicz film that was salvaged by Marion Scemama from Fales Library.

    Heroin
  • 1988
    Super 8

    Super 8

    Super 8

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    Recreated from existing Super-8 films and audio collage by David Wojnarowicz.

    Super 8
  • 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
  • 1970
    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

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    Immediately after David’s friend and mentor, photographer Peter Hujar, died of AIDS in a New York hospital on November 26, 1987, David took...

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)
  • 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