JoAnn Elam Movies

Filmed in extreme close-up, the lit-up pine needles of a Christmas tree are abstracted into forms of line and contrast. “Christmas Tree”...

The ancient art of Tai Chi transitions seamlessly into the fluid movements of bowling. Exact date of production unknown.

Farm work and nature.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Footage documenting Chicago's famed "Blizzard of '79," including some early examples of parking "dibs," people digging out their cars, and postal...

A series of home move style shots of a mother and her young child crawling outdoors. Scenes include a mother and toddler playing in a Chicago...

Footage of trees swaying in the sunlight, as seen from a window. A windchime in silhouette periodically obscures the trees.

Experimental home movie documenting a visit by filmmakers Wayne and Eleanor Boyer and their nine-year-old son Brett to JoAnn Elam's home in Logan...

USPS workers go bowling.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

8mm. experimental film shot by JoAnn Elam in Sanibel, Florida.

Intimate portrayal of children at home and outsde in a park. At the start, a baby rolls around on the floor of a living room and bounces in a...

Experimental film by Chicago filmmaker JoAnn Elam (1949-2009). Altered lyrics to the song "Chains" sit atop animated images of grains. Exact date of...

Abstract short.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Two pumpkins.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

Optical printing experiments of a 16mm pornographic film.

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.