Freedom from Everything
Mike Hoolboom
Documentary : 87' / HIV-AIDS, Avantgarde, Politics, Autobiographical, Dystopian, Mental Health

Personal film essay about two pandemics: AIDS and Coronavirus. Body memorials, survivor stories, remembrances. Both plagues are reframed by neoliberalism and its central mythology of personal freedom.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa
September 28 | 21h30 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 3 Buy Tickets
Queer Art Competition
https://www.mikehoolboom.com

/ Details

Year: 2022

Country: Canada

Language: english

Subtitles: english

With: Margaret Thatcher, Guy Fawkes, George Michael, James Baldwin, Akira Kurosawa, David Wojnarowicz

/ Direction

Mike Hoolboom

Canada


Mike Hoolboom is a Canadian artist working in film and video. He started making films in 1980. He is responsible for over 100 films and has won tons of festival awards. In his work we can find biographical documentaries as well as works on capitalism, ecology, and HIV. He has also written, edited and co-edited over thirty books.

 

Photo: Amy Halpern


Filmography

Selection:


2022 - Freedom from Everything (Documentary)
2020 - Judy versus Capitalism (Experimental Feature)
2019 - 27 Thoughts about My Father (Short Documentary)
2017 - 3 Dreams of Horses (Experimental Short)
2016 - Incident Reports (Experimental Feature)
2016 - We Make Couples (Documentary)
2003 - Imitations of Life (Experimental Feature)
1998 - 1+1+1 (Short Film)
1996 - Letters from Home (Short Documentary)
1994 - Frank’s Cock (Short Film)

 

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