David Wojnarowicz Movies

The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography,...

A collage-like, incisive look at the life of writer, painter and thinker David Wojnarowicz, whose powerful, unapologetic way of seeing the world gave...

Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners,...

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child...

An oral history of Artists Space, the legendary New York artists organization. Told through the voices of the artists, critics and curators who...

A series of short films by Richard Kern: Stray Dogs, Woman At The Wheel, Thrust In Me, & I Hate You Now.

Inspired by the autobiographical writings of David Wojnarowicz, "Postcards From America" chronicles the abuse the artist suffered as a child at the...

A fan tries to get an artist's attention by literally coming apart.

Recreated from existing Super-8 films and audio collage by David Wojnarowicz.

Experimental short film that explores themes of religion, violence, and gender/masculinity.

AIDS victims and activists cope with hardship and society’s ignorance.

Loosely based on an infamous 1984 Long Island murder case involving Satan-worshiping, teenage drug freaks (Knights of the Black Circle), David...

Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor...

A crumbling pier, its walls covered with graffiti and erotic frescoes reminiscent of pagan Pompeii, the locus of the seduction rituals of men longing...

The series of five videos Collaborative Film Collection made in collaboration with Marion Scemama in 1989 is emblematic of Wojnarowicz's artistic...

An exploration concerning the act of revealing to a potential lover that one is seropositive to HIV, the virus believed to cause AIDS.

Phil Zwickler interviews David Wojnarowicz about a NEA project grant for a gallery show.

Beautiful People was one of the last films David Wojnarowicz made before his death. The film follows Jesse Hultberg as he makes himself up in drag...

A road movie with David Wojnarowicz guiding the viewer through the images of a rough and disturbed America.

Political artist, painter, writer, performer and photographer David Wojnarowicz was one of the leading personalities of the 1980s New York art scene....