M.M. Serra Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Two lesbians decide to kill their gay roommate.

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

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

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

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

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

Director of the Film-makers Coop, M.M. Serra, recollects her morning on September 11, 2001. The Coop is a few blocks from the New York Worlds Trade...

La Serenissima drifts through the mythic and material layers of Venice, tracing a lineage of women who refused to remain ornamental in a city built...

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

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...

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

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

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

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