James Benning Movies

  • 2018
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    This three-channel video installation by James Benning shows three scenes from David Wark Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915). The...

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2020
    Maggie's Farm

    Maggie's Farm

    Maggie's Farm

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    The portrait of an art institution: James Benning explores the building and grounds of the California Institute of Art. Each image creates a tension,...

    Maggie's Farm
  • 2018
    L. Cohen

    L. Cohen

    L. Cohen

    5.52018HD

    A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.

    L. Cohen