Movies: Gregg Bordowitz
- 2007
Strange Culture (2007)
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The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). The work of Kurtz and other CAE members dealt with genetically modified food and other issues of science and public policy. After his wife, H...
- 2017
Only Idiots Smile (2017)
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"Gregg Bordowitz's 2017 performance lecture "Only Idiots Smile" features the artist on a stool in the New Museum's top-floor sky room, riffing on the formation of his identity. At one point, he explains his 'Jewish identity is the template thru which...
- 1997
The Suicide (1997)
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The protagonist, Semyon, tries to unyoke himself from the enforced optimism of a bureaucratic order that prohibits any discussion of disappointment and despair following the revolution....
- 1994
Fast Trip, Long Drop (1994)
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A gay jewish man speaks out about living with and dying from AIDS. He also discusses how being gay has affected his identity as a jew and his relationship with his parents....
- 1969
Habit (1969)
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HABIT is an autobiographical documentary that follows the current history of the AIDS epidemic along several trajectories. The organizing structure is built around the daily routine of the videomaker -- a veteran AIDS activist in the U.S., and a pers...
- 1993
Portraits of People Living With HIV (1993)
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An up-close compilation of interviews and discussions with people living with HIV in the early 1990s....
- 1991
Clean Needles Save Lives (1991)
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Video on needle exchange and harm reduction....
- 1992
It Is What It Is (1992)
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Gay teenagers discuss a variety of issues, including sexual identity, problems associated with coming out, and health and safety concerns....
- 1989
Something Fierce (1989)
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Short film created for Gay Men's Health Crisis...