Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B

After defining the No Wave film movement of the New York underground of the 1970s and ’80s, Beth B emerged in the 1990s as a provocative multi-disciplinary artist, creating a series of confrontational visual works that explore the dynamics of sex, power, and money. Beth B’s stylistically adventurous work seduces the eye even as it shocks the mind with an emotional nakedness seldom found in contemporary cinema. With every film, Beth B challenges the viewer to hold her cinematic gaze as she explores themes of sexual desire, the justice system, gender identity, the Vietnam War, or the female body. Derived primarily from analog video elements, the films in this two-disc collection have been restored under the filmmaker’s supervision, and adapted to HD for theatrical and Blu-ray release. They include:

DISC ONE
The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (U.S. / 1983 / Color / 4 Min. / Stereo)
Under Lock and Key (U.S. / 1983 / Color / 30 Min.)
Belladonna (Co-director: Ida Applebroog / U.S. / 1989 / Color / 12 Min. / Stereo)
Stigmata (U.S. / 1991 / Color / 40 Min. / Stereo)
Thanatopsis (Featuring Lydia Lunch / U.S. / 1991 / Color / 10 Min. / Stereo)
Amnesia (U.S. / 1992 / Color / 2 Min. / Stereo)
Visiting Desire (U.S. / 1995 / Color / 65 Min.)
Hysteria (U.S. / 2001 / Color / 3 Min. / Stereo)
Voyeur (U.S. / 2017 / Color / 5 Min. / Silent)

DISC TWO
High Heel Nights (U.S. / 1994 / Color / 10 Min.)
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (U.S. / 1995 / Color / 6 Min.)
Voices Unheard (U.S. / 1997 / Color / 58 Min.)
Breathe In, Breathe Out (U.S. / 2001 / Color / 71 Min. / Stereo)

Special Features:
• Interview with Beth B by Sandra Schulberg, President of IndieCollect