Videos by Cecilia Dougherty
Posted by | Conversations at the Edge | Posted on | April 4, 2002
Thursday, April 4, 2002, 6pm
Cecelia Dougherty in person!
Cecilia Dougherty’s work employs experimental documentary and narrative to explore family interactions, the representation of lesbians in popular culture, outsider psychology, and everyday life. Dougherty will appear in person to present a wide range of her work, from early pieces such as Grapefruit (1989), Coal Miner’s Granddaughter (1991), Joe-Joe (1993), and My Failure to Assimilate (1995), to more recent work such as Laura (1998) (Abina Manning). 1989-1998, Cecilia Dougherty, USA, 60 min, video.
This screening is co-presented by the Video Data Bank and complements Dougherty’s new video installation Gone, based on Episode No 2 of the landmark PBS series An American Family, April 4th-7th at Gallery 312, 312 N May Street (Info: 312 942 2500 or www.gallery312.org).
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CATE is organized by SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and SAIC's Video Data Bank.
Programs take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State / Chicago, IL / 312.846.2600), unless otherwise noted.
