M.M. Serra

M.M. Serra

M.M. Serra is an experimental filmmaker, curator and author. She was the Executive Director of Film-Makers' Cooperative.

  • Title: M.M. Serra
  • Popularity: 1.548
  • Known For: Directing
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  • Also Known As: M. M. Serra , MM Serra, Mary Magdalene Serra
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M.M. Serra Movies

  • 2009
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    The Signing

    The Signing

    1 2009 HD

    MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

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  • 2010
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    Lavender

    Lavender

    1 2010 HD

    A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

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  • 2003
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    Die, F*ggot, Die!

    Die, F*ggot, Die!

    1 2003 HD

    Two lesbians decide to kill their gay roommate.

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  • 2022
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    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

    6.7 2022 HD

    For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

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  • 1996
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    Trick Film

    Trick Film

    2 1996 HD

    Activities at home with Mistress and her naughty pet.

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  • 2011
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    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    6.7 2011 HD

    Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

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  • 2001
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    911-Serra's Morning

    911-Serra's Morning

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2019
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    Barney's Wall

    Barney's Wall

    1 2019 HD

    What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal...

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  • 2011
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    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin

    6.1 2011 HD

    A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

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  • 2021
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    Endless Possibilities: Jack Waters and Peter Cramer

    Endless Possibilities: Jack Waters and Peter Cramer

    1 2021 HD

    Exploration of the life and work of Jack Waters and Peter Cramer.

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  • 1991
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    Mary Magdaline

    Mary Magdaline

    1 1991 HD

    "This is Freud's Dora told by Dora: a fresh revelation, a successful voyeurism. We are allowed to sit on three therapeutic sessions to hear the...

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  • 1991
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    Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden

    Stasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden

    1 1991 HD

    Using Pixelvision video transferred to 16mm film, these works map the visual space of emotional investigation.

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  • 1995
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    Soi-Meme

    Soi-Meme

    1 1995 HD

    Sound composition by Zeena Parkins. Erotic dance performance by Goddess Rosemary.

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  • 1990
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    Jack Smith's Apartment

    Jack Smith's Apartment

    1 1990 HD

    Film of Jack Smith's apartment starring Penny Arcade before it was reposed by the "evil landlords."

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  • 2008
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    Chop Off

    Chop Off

    1 2008 HD

    "Chop Off exposes the dark, fearful recesses of the human psyche by filming the body modification of performance artist R.K. Literally risking "life...

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  • 2021
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    Silent Garden

    Silent Garden

    1 2021 HD

    Spring time in my garden with Francesca, visual variations of green light and shadows.

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  • 2003
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    Divine Possibilities

    Divine Possibilities

    1 2003 HD

    A fantasy ad that infiltrates three leading visionary designers and their boutiques.

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  • 2019
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    August 10, 2010

    August 10, 2010

    1 2019 HD

    New Tribute to Carolee Schneemann with Peggy Ahwesh. Shot on location at Carolee’s house in 2010. Made in the aftermath of her death, the...

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  • 1982
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    Base

    Base

    1 1982 HD

    Premier of Lhasa Club, a small club in L.A. California. It was famous for providing an eclectic program. Jean-Pierre Boccara opened the club in 1982...

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  • 1982
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    Eye etc.

    Eye etc.

    1 1982 HD

    Filmed on vacation in Hawaii, EYE ETC. explores the light, colors and sensuous movement of the Hawaiian culture.

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  • 2012
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    Breathe Deep

    Breathe Deep

    1 2012 HD

    Ever wondered how to crystallize the body of a cat? Here M.M. Serra's dark and ethereal exploration of counterculture and body manipulation extends...

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  • 1987
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    Turner

    Turner

    1 1987 HD

    Colorful, energetic, delicate and sensual, this early short by M.M. Serra presents her unique vision of eroticism and poetic cinema in a fast-paced...

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  • 2012
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    Notes From the Lower East Side

    Notes From the Lower East Side

    1 2012 HD

    An experimental documentary filmed over a two-year period, NOTES FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE includes such personalities as Clayton Patterson,...

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  • 2007
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    Art Parade

    Art Parade

    1 2007 HD

    ART PARADE is a meditation on staring and display, and on the ambiguous energies that emanate from both. Much of the film is dominated by the...

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  • 2011
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    Bitch-Beauty

    Bitch-Beauty

    8 2011 HD

    Bitch-Beauty is an experimental documentary paralleling the lives of Anne Hanavan, whose experiences as part of the underground scene in the East...

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  • 2017
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    Mary Magdalene

    Mary Magdalene

    1 2017 HD

    MARY MAGDALENE is a construct of personal, mythological and political projections of the fluid identity of the individual. This digital...

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  • 1994
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    A Lot of Fun for the Evil One

    A Lot of Fun for the Evil One

    1 1994 HD

    Where art & erotica meet! Using a series of exciting sex games in which sadism and punishment are central, dark masturbation tales are portrayed. On...

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  • 1994
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    A Lot of Fun for the Evil One

    A Lot of Fun for the Evil One

    1 1994 HD

    Where art & erotica meet! Using a series of exciting sex games in which sadism and punishment are central, dark masturbation tales are portrayed. On...

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  • 1999
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    Darling International

    Darling International

    7 1999 HD

    A dark and sensual experimental narrative that explores a skilled technical worker's fantasies during her nights as a femme in the lower east side of...

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  • 1985
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    NYC

    NYC

    1 1985 HD

    Delicate fleeting imagery catches, in two minutes, the flurry of the city’s changing moods.

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  • 1984
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    Framed

    Framed

    1 1984 HD

    16mm / color / sound

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  • 1986
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    PPII

    PPII

    1 1986 HD

    Inspired by Christo, a Christmas celebration wrapping (with red and green ribbons) of a seaside house in Puerto Pinesco, Mexico. (16mm / color /...

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  • 1984
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    Nightfall

    Nightfall

    1 1984 HD

    16mm / color and b/w / sound

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  • 1994
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    A Lot of Fun for the Evil One

    A Lot of Fun for the Evil One

    1 1994 HD

    Where art & erotica meet! Using a series of exciting sex games in which sadism and punishment are central, dark masturbation tales are portrayed. On...

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  • 1992
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    L’Amour Fou

    L’Amour Fou

    1 1992 HD

    A curious meditation on the pleasures and terrors of s/m, in which interviews with enthusiasts collide with choice porn clips, Fleisher cartoons,...

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  • 2015
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    Enduring Ornament

    Enduring Ornament

    1 2015 HD

    Sourced from five 16mm filmstrips found outside of a closing adult bookstore on New York's former 42nd Street sex district.

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  • 1998
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    Just For You Girls

    Just For You Girls

    1 1998 HD

    A period-style advertisement recontextualized from a feminist perspective.

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  • 2002
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    Double Your Pleasure

    Double Your Pleasure

    1 2002 HD

    Sound by Jennifer Reeves Part of the "Ad It Up" series of shorts that are parodies of commercials.

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  • 1982
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    Real to Reel Momma

    Real to Reel Momma

    1 1982 HD

    "... portrays the views of a first generation Italian-American woman though her life experiences as immigrant, factory worker, and as the 'emotional...

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