I'll Be Your Mirror


50m 1996

Brief Synopsis

Nan Goldin is an artist--and a survivor. Her photographies chronicle a life from a middle-class American upbringing, to the wild and liberating experiences of the 1970s New York underground, to the recent devastating impact of AIDS on her community. Through interviews with her closest friends and ph

Cast & Crew

Nan Goldin

Director

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Bbc Worldwide; Blast Films; Illuminations Tv

Technical Specs

Duration
50m

Synopsis

Nan Goldin is an artist--and a survivor. Her photographies chronicle a life from a middle-class American upbringing, to the wild and liberating experiences of the 1970s New York underground, to the recent devastating impact of AIDS on her community. Through interviews with her closest friends and photographic subjects--and using a combination of Hi-8 video, stills and specialty-shot film--Nan Goldin recounts her extraordinary life, and the creation of a unique photographic record of her generation.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Bbc Worldwide; Blast Films; Illuminations Tv

Technical Specs

Duration
50m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1996

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum of Young Cinema) February 15-26, 1996.

Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 6-16, 1996.

Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival June 21-30, 1996.

Shown in New York City (Whitney Museum of American Art) as part of program "No Wave Cinema 1978-87" (Special Presentation) October 3, 1996 - January 5, 1997.

16mm

Released in United States Winter January 1, 1996