Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies

  • 1978
    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    Lynn Turning into Roberta

    Lynn Turning into Roberta

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    This short film documents the transformation of Hershman Leeson into her performance persona, Roberta Breitmore.

    Lynn Turning into Roberta
  • 1987
    Binge

    Binge

    Binge

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    Binge turns on confession and self-image, using obesity as the main course. Losing her familiar shape to overeating, Lynn Hershman occupies...

    Binge
  • 1998
    CyberBaby

    CyberBaby

    CyberBaby

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    In this video series an individual confronts fears and, through the process of confessing directly to the camera, transcends trauma. It is also about...

    CyberBaby
  • 1993
    Virtual Love

    Virtual Love

    Virtual Love

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    A love story for the 90s: Valery falls in love with an identical twin, a virtual reality scientist, and finds she can have a more intimate...

    Virtual Love
  • 2024
    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality

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    The final video in the four-part Cyborg series.

    Cyborgian Rhapsody—Immortality
  • 1979
    Test Patterns

    Test Patterns

    Test Patterns

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    In this “factional docudrama,” a “test pattern man” personifies television media. When an interviewer asks him about his...

    Test Patterns
  • 1978
    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

    Commercial for Myself

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    This short “portrait” of the artist was screened on public television.

    Commercial for Myself
  • 1986
    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

    Confessions of a Chameleon

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    In Lynn Hershman’s Confessions of a Chameleon the artist shares intimate but highly suspect stories about her past. To cover her tracks,...

    Confessions of a Chameleon