Mary Magdalene
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This is one of the very few and one of the most important films on child abuse that has been made in the history of cinema. – Stan Brakhage, May 5, 2000 Edited by M. M. Serra and shot by Peggy Ahwesh, Abigail Child, and Tom Chomont. "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 confessions as M. M. reenacts her past: becomes demure, becomes hurt, disassociates. Her "Mum" is indicted: peasant, barely literate, wanting her daughter to be happy, "to be married" as she says in her last letter. The irony is immense: defining the abuse as secret shame, never confronting "Mr. Goertler," Mum wishes her daughter to attain social liberation in the shape of a happy (mythic?) marriage." – Abigail Child
Programs
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An Evening with MM Serra
A celebration of the life and career of former FMC Executive Director, MM Serra
On Saturday, March 1st, 2025, at 6:30pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) to celebrate the release of Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, Volume 65, Nos. 1&2, which chronicles the creative life of former FMC Executive Director, MM Serra.
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An Evening with MM Serra: Part II
A second evening of films and reminiscences celebrating Serra's life and career
Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, at 7pm, for a second evening of screenings and reminiscences celebrating the career of the Coop's former Executive Director, MM Serra!
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Her Gaze 2.0
The second program in Erica Schreiner and Matt McKinzie's series devoted to visionary women artists who perform for their own cameras
On Saturday, May 2nd, at 7pm, join us for the second iteration of HER GAZE at The Film-Makers' Cooperative!
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Queer and Uncensored
A month-long series at MoMA, in honor of Pride, featuring over 30 titles from the FMC's collection, co-curated by MM Serra and Erica Schreiner
The Film-Makers' Cooperative is honored to collaborate with our former Executive Director, filmmaker and curator MM Serra, and FMC filmmaker-member Erica Schreiner, to feature over 30 films from our collection in the month-long series "Queer and Uncensored," screening at MoMA from May 28th to June 27th.
Films
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ExperimentalFilms by MM Serra 1981-1990 DVD compilation
M. M. Serradvd , color and b/w, sound, 20 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalEye Etc
M. M. Serra16mm, color, silent, 5 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file - Read More
ExperimentalReal To Reel Mama
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 20 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalFive Films
M. M. Serra16mm, color and b/w, sound, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalFive Films (NYC/Nightfall/Framed/PPI/Turner)
M. M. Serra16mm, color and b/w, sound, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalTurner
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 3 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
DocumentaryExperimentalJack Smith's Apartment
M. M. Serracolor, sound, 8 minRental format: Digital file - Read More
ExperimentalStasis Series I & II I. Still Life; II. Papa's Garden
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalFilms of the 90s, MM Serra DVD compilation
M. M. SerraDVD , color and b/w, sound, 64 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalL'Amour Fou
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 17 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalA Lot of Fun for the Evil One
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 20 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalSoi Meme
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalJust For You Girls
M. M. Serra16mm, color, sound, 2 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalDarling International
M. M. Serra16mm, black and white, sound, 22 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
ExperimentalDouble Your Pleasure
M. M. Serra16mm, black and white, sound, 4 minRental format: 16mm - Read More
Divine Possibilities
M. M. SerraDVD - Read More
ExperimentalArt Parade
M. M. Serracolor, sound, 5 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalTongue and Chic
M. M. Serracolor, sound, 3 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read More
DocumentaryExperimentalChop Off
M. M. Serrasound, 6 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalBreathe Deep
M. M. Serracolor, sound, 6 minRental format: Digi Beta NTSC - Read More
DocumentaryExperimentalNarrativeBreathe Deep
M. M. Serra16mm film, VHS, HD, 5 minRental format: Digital file - Read More
DocumentaryExperimentalNarrativeBitch Beauty
M. M. Serrasuper8, 16mm film, video, color, sound, 7 minRental format: Digital file - Read More
ExperimentalEnduring Ornament
M. M. Serracolor, sound, 14 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read More
ExperimentalNarrativeMary Magdalene
M. M. Serrasuper8, 16mm film, video, color, sound, 5 minRental format: Digital file