Martha Rosler Movies
- 1985
If it's too bad to be true, it could be DISINFORMATION
If it's too bad to be true, it could be DISINFORMATION51985HD
In a fusion of text and image, Rosler re-presents the NBC Nightly News and other broadcast reports to analyze their deceptive syntax and capture the...
- 1975
Semiotics of the Kitchen
Semiotics of the Kitchen5.91975HD
Martha Rosler explores kitchen utensils by alphabet.
- 1988
Born to be Sold: Martha Rosler Reads the Strange Case of Baby $/M
Born to be Sold: Martha Rosler Reads the Strange Case of Baby $/M01988HD
Born to be Sold is Paper Tiger Television and Rosler's acerbic and witty interpretation of the notorious "Baby M" case, in which a natural —...
- 1974
A Budding Gourmet
A Budding Gourmet01974HD
‘A cook can’t just mix things up’, says a woman with a typical Brooklyn accent while the camera shows sophisticated images from...
- 1983
A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night
A Simple Case for Torture, or How to Sleep at Night01983HD
Artist Martha Rosler identifies the totalitarian implications of an argument for torture under certain circumstances, as it appears in the editorial...
- 1974
Backyard Economy 2 (Diane Germain Mowing)
Backyard Economy 2 (Diane Germain Mowing)01974HD
short of a woman mowing a lawn
- 1977
Losing: A Conversation with the Parents
Losing: A Conversation with the Parents01977HD
Treating the problem of anorexia nervosa from the parents' perspective, Rosler presents a mother and father speaking about the tragedy of their...
- 1977
Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained
Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained91977HD
Taking aim at the social standardization enforced particularly on women's bodies, Rosler critiques the politics of "objective" or scientific...
- 1997
Chile on the Road to NAFTA, Accompanied by the National Police Band
Chile on the Road to NAFTA, Accompanied by the National Police Band01997HD
A bouncy music-video burlesque shot in and around Santiago, Chile, entwines reminders of U.S. corporate presence and of past political terror, with...
- 1970
Pencicle of Praise
Pencicle of Praise01970HD
"Vice President Mike Pence eagerly plays cheerleader in chief for Donald Trump. In accepting the vice-presidential nomination in 2016, Pence...
- 1982
Martha Rosler Reads "Vogue"
Martha Rosler Reads "Vogue"01982HD
In this live performance for Paper Tiger Television's public-access cable program in New York, Rosler deconstructs the messages in Vogue and its...
- 1980
Secrets From the Street: No Disclosure
Secrets From the Street: No Disclosure01980HD
Secrets From the Street examines the intersection of cultures and classes as exemplified by the street life of San Francisco's Mission District. This...
- 1978
Domination and the Everyday
Domination and the Everyday01978HD
In an inquiry into the relation between the corporation, the state and the family, Domination and the Everyday presents a fractured barrage of...
- 1974
Flower Fields
Flower Fields01974HD
"This short film was intended to create a colour field painting based on the flower fields that provided the living for so many, mostly undocumented,...
- 1974
Backyard Economy 1
Backyard Economy 101974HD
Set in the arch-American "home movie" context of a sunny suburban yard, Rosler's early Super-8 film Backyard Economy I documents the products of...