Ana Mendieta Movies

Single channel, super-8mm film transferred to high-definition digital media, color, silent.

Volcán captures a raised mound of earth set against a grassy riverbank. A white silhouette in the shape of a female body lies atop of the...

United States 1974, Super 8 transferred to digital, colour, silent, 1 min

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

Film by Ana Mendieta

Mendietas last film was made off the coast of Florida, the silhouette points to Cuba, while the tropical waters undulate around the sandy earthwork.

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1981

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

Untitled is the first of over 100 films created by Ana Mendieta. By scratching and painting directly onto the film’s emulsion, she formed a...

Mendieta, Ana: Burial Pyramide, Yagul, Mexico.

Ana Mendieta, 1974

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

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

Sand and water meet in a glimmering silhouette.

Short film by Ana Mendieta.

A film by Ana Mendieta

Film by Ana Mendieta, 1980

Ana Mendieta, 1975

A dead tree. A body. Ocean waves.