{"id":14218,"date":"2020-12-01T16:31:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&p=14218"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:51:08","slug":"hershman-films","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hershman-leeson-lynn\/hershman-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Filmmaking is an important aspect of Lynn Hershman Leeson\u2019s work. She has directed 26 films, of which six are feature-length: First Person Plural, The Electronic Diaries of Lynn Hershman Leeson<\/em> (1984-1996), a video confessional; Conceiving Ada<\/em> (1997) and Teknolust <\/em>(2003) , two films that explore the sci-fi genre from a feminist perspective and address subjects related to biotechnology; Strange Culture<\/em> (2009), a documentary\/docudrama on the case of artist Steve Kurtz, who was accused by the FBI of being a \u201cbioterrorist\u201d; and the documentaries !Women Art Revolution<\/em> (2012) on the Feminist Art Movement, and Tania Libre<\/em> (2017) on the activist work of artist Tania Bruguera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]More works<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nNet works (1996-2012)<\/a>
\nFilms (1984-2017)
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