Women Make Movies Filmmaker Tracey Moffatt at MoMA

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Parent Category: Film and the Arts
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Published on Friday, 11 May 2012 00:13
Written by Joanne Choi

From May 4-13 2012, Women Make Movies (WMM) filmmaker Tracey Moffatt will be presenting her works at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). This particular event will be special in that it will be one of 40 taking place through March 2013 to commemorate WMM’s 40th year anniversary.  Tracey Moffatt (Austrailian) is a filmmaker, video artist and photographer whose stylistic experiments draw upon both popular culture and her own background, examining subjects such as Aboriginal subjugation, maternal domination, gender stereotypes, and class division. Her most recent work, Montages, which Moffatt collaborated together with her editor Gary Hillberg to create “hymns to cinema”, consists of various scenes from Hollywood films and transforming and interpreting them into Moffatt’s own unique themes.

Some of her works include:

 In accordance with her screenings, there will be a discussion session as well, An Evening with Tracey Moffatt, Monday, May 7 2012 at MoMA in which the filmmaker, video artist and photographer will discuss ways she, as an artist, engages in cinema, especially in silent films.

About Tracey Moffatt:

Tracey Moffatt is highly regarded for her formal and stylistic experimentation in film, photography and video; her work draws on history of cinema, art and photography as well as popular culture and her own childhood memories and fantasies.

Born in Brisbane, Australia, Tracey Moffatt first gained significant critical acclaim for her film work when the short film NIGHT CRIES was selected for official competion at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature film, BEDEVIL, was also selected for Cannes in 1993. Moffatt's stylistic experiments draw upon both popular culture and her own background, examining subjects such as Aboriginal subjugation, maternal domination, gender stereotypes, and class division. This retrospective of Moffatt’s films and videos offers a comprehensive look at her moving-image oeuvre.

About Women Makes Movies:

Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. The organization provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs, with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color. Women Make Movies facilitates the development of feminist media through an internationally recognized Distribution Service and a Production Assistance Program.

Women Make Movies (WMM) is the leading distributor of films by and about women and supports women filmmakers with its internationally renowned Production Assistance Program. This retrospective is part of WMM's 40th anniversary. WMM will be celebrating with 40 international screenings and events, working with museums, film festivals and cultural institutions to present films, retrospectives, panels, workshops and mentoring events. The anniversary kicked off in March 2012 with a month of programming on the Documentary Channel and will continue around the globe in the Czech Republic, Argentina, Iceland, Sierra Leone, Turkey and England, among others.   

For more information on event & screenings visit: www.moma.org or www.wmm.com