Cauleen Smith Movies

  • 2015
    Crow Requiem

    Crow Requiem

    Crow Requiem

    82015HD

    Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of Syracuse and Auburn, New York, both of which were key stations on the Underground...

    Crow Requiem
  • 1970
    The Right Time, Before and After

    The Right Time, Before and After

    The Right Time, Before and After

    01970HD

    A time-lapse documentation of Lee filter film gels installed into the windows of the Dusable Museum of African American History's Roundhouse designed...

    The Right Time, Before and After
  • 2021
    Suffolk

    Suffolk

    Suffolk

    02021HD

    Back in 2018 I invited an intergenerational group of women to help me make some moving-images in Noah Purifoy’s Desert Museum in Joshua Tree....

    Suffolk
  • 2011
    The Grid

    The Grid

    The Grid

    02011HD

    Second of three films relating to American conceptual Land Art of the 1970's and American histories and traumas.

    The Grid
  • 2006
    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT

    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT

    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT

    02006HD

    Images and poems responding to the photographs of Malik Sidié. A collaboration with poet, A. Van Jordan. Loops designed for install.

    I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT
  • 2017
    Triangle Trade

    Triangle Trade

    Triangle Trade

    02017HD

    Mythical forms embodied in puppetry and cinematic spectacle.

    Triangle Trade
  • 1970
    T Minus Two

    T Minus Two

    T Minus Two

    01970HD

    The countdown audio footage from the Apollo 11 launch date is heard over a flamed-out, iridescent landscape. Appropriating and reframing the...

    T Minus Two
  • 2008
    The Fullness of Time

    The Fullness of Time

    The Fullness of Time

    02008HD

    Science Fiction rumination of post-Katrina New Orleans: space, place and post traumatic stress. Executive produced by Paul Chan and Creativetime.

    The Fullness of Time
  • 2012
    The Way Out Is The Way Two

    The Way Out Is The Way Two

    The Way Out Is The Way Two

    02012HD

    A collection of 14 short films that all revolve around Sun Ra and his time in Chicago

    The Way Out Is The Way Two
  • 1998
    White Suit

    White Suit

    White Suit

    01998HD

    A lyrical visual poem on movement, time, and wandering.

    White Suit
  • 2005
    The Green Dress

    The Green Dress

    The Green Dress

    02005HD

    The syntax of cinema collides with string theory and the unchanging sameness of movies, romance, horror, and landscape.

    The Green Dress
  • 2019
    Sojourner

    Sojourner

    Sojourner

    02019HD

    Set in Noah Purifoy’s Outdoor Desert Art Museum in Joshua Tree, California, artist Cauleen Smith reimagines this unique space as a radical...

    Sojourner