Screening Room — Season 1, Episode 23: Screening Room with Yvonne Rainer

Episode synopsis

Relentless exploration of the nature of performance, the construction of meaning, and the relations of the sexes has guided Yvonne Rainer's long career, first in avant–garde choreography and dance and then in filmmaking. Her honors include Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships along with numerous exhibitions of her work, including recent retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York. Her other films include Lives of Performers (1972), Film About a Woman Who... (1974), The Man Who Envied Women (1985), Privilege (1991), and Murder and Murder (1996).

About Screening Room

Independent filmmakers are given a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Screening Room with John Whitney Sr.
• E2Screening Room with Les Blank
• E3Screening Room with Hilary Harris
• E4Screening Room with Bruce Baillie
• E5Screening Room with Robert Fulton
• E6Screening Room with Jan Lenica
• E7Screening Room with John & Faith Hubley
• E8Screening Room with Stan Brakhage
• E9Screening Room with Derek Lamb
• E10Screening Room with Emile de Antonio
• E11Screening Room with Ricky Leacock
• E12Screening Room with Standish Lawder & Stanley Cavell