David Wojnarowicz Movies

  • 1987
    Around Clown

    Around Clown

    Around Clown

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    A collaboration between David Wojnarowicz and Steve Doughton.

    Around Clown
  • 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
  • 1989
    Fear of Disclosure

    Fear of Disclosure

    Fear of Disclosure

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    An exploration concerning the act of revealing to a potential lover that one is seropositive to HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS.

    Fear of Disclosure
  • 2023
    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

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    Filmed in 1983 in New York at Pier 34, this film takes place at an abandoned storehouse which was left at the mercy of the elements and open to...

    Relax Be Cruel
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 1990
    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

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    Phil Zwickler interviews David Wojnarowicz about a NEA project grant for a gallery show.

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1985
    The Virginia Tripping Film

    The Virginia Tripping Film

    The Virginia Tripping Film

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    Carlo McCormick was invited to curate an East Village Art show at a gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland took filmic...

    The Virginia Tripping Film