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Michelle Handelman (born August 5, 1960) is an American contemporary artist, filmmaker, and writer who works with live performance, multiscreen installation, photography and sound. Coming up through the years of the AIDS crisis and Culture Wars, Handelman has built a body of work that explores the dark and uncomfortable spaces of queer desire. She confronts the things that provoke collective fear and denial – sexuality, death, chaos. She directed the ground-breaking feature documentary on the 1990s San Francisco lesbian S/M scene BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes & Sadomasochism(1995), described by IndieWire as “a queer classic ahead of its time, a vital archive of queer history.” Her early work included 16mm black and white experimental films combined with performance. She is also known for her video installations Hustlers & Empires (2018), Irma Vep, The Last Breath (2013-2015), and Dorian, A Cinematic Perfume (2009-2011). In 2011, she was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship for her film and video work.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1960-08-05
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- school Known for: Directing
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A History of Pain
1992-01-01
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Claiming the Liminal Space
2021-04-24
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Solitude is an Artifact of the Struggle Against Oppression
2020-08-01
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Dorian, a cinematic perfume
2009-08-26
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Irma Vep, The Last Breath
2014-08-26
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Safer Sexual Techniques in the-Age of Mechanical Reproduction
1988-04-25
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Candyland
2020-09-18
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I Hate You
2002-09-12
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Abigail
2021-03-31
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FIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival
2017-04-08
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La Suture
2000-01-01
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La Suture
2000-01-01
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BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism
1995-06-10
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BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism
1995-06-10
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Flesh Histories
1992-01-01
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BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism
1995-06-10
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These Unruly and Ungovernable Selves
2020-05-28
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Homophobia Is Known To Cause Nightmares
1991-07-08