Lynn Hershman-Leeson Movies

Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to...

Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the...

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over...

The film examines the case of artist and professor Steve Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE). The work of Kurtz and other CAE members...

Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing...

In 2015 reknown Cuban artist Tania Bruguera was imprisoned in Havana after advocating for freedom of expression. Shortly after her release she...

A woman's personal life unfolds over twelve years in a video diary that simultaneously parallels and reflects global history. Personal fears and...

Four "seduction ads" placed on cable TV stations invite unexpected responses. This short film is about fantasy and desire in a mediated world.

Tell Them We Were Here is an inspirational feature-length documentary about eight artists who show us why art is vital to a healthy society and...

Shadow Stalker outlines the history of Predictive Policing, Digital Identity Theft and the dangers of Data Mining, that uses algorithms, performance...

This docudrama presents the history of the telephone, updated and told from the point of view of a character who uses the screen as both a connection...

Fact and fiction blur in this faux documentary about a lost woman, Lian, who is searching for her own identity. Lian is manipulated by Dennis, a...

This project uses mixed reality convergence through which users can participate in some of the digital existing archive of Lynn Hershman Leeson, now...

Film becomes a metaphor for lost history and its “negative“ impact on successive generations who look for stability in an electronic...

"A poetic allegory about technology's invasion of the body and the destruction of the immune system, witnessing the pollution of history that drowns...

Written and performed by a Cyborg – a GPT-3 Chatbot, considers how to transform human discrimination and technological weapons into tools of...

"Not only about the cultural differences between America and Denmark, but also about the loss of identity as a result of the ubiquitous surveillance...

The final video in the four-part Cyborg series.

In this video series an individual confronts fears and, through the process of confessing directly to the camera, transcends trauma. It is also about...

Presents the story of the first cyborg, portrayed by actress Joan Chen. Now 61 years old, the actress details the history of cyborgian technology,...