"In my opinion, the American sex industry supplies products made by men for men. I want to show films made by women for their own pleasure". (M.M. Serra).

The independent New York artist M.M. Serra has put together two programmes for the Festival. Since 1991, she has been the executive director of the New American Cinema Group / the Film-Makers' Cooperative which was founded in 1961 by a group of 22 New York artists including Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Robert Frank, Jack Smith and Andy Warhol. The FMC is the oldest and most important international distribution company of independent, experimental, underground films and videos.

[hier: Foto Darling International; Bildunterschrift: DARLING INTERNATIONAL; J. Reeves/M.M. Serra, USA 1999

For Dortmund, Serra has chosen works by women film directors from the American avantgarde film scene of the last 30 years, films which examine desire and the representation of female sexuality. Including Carolee Schneemann's FUSES (1964- 68), the first explicitly feminist erotic film ever, and Barbara Hammer's DYKETACTICS (1973), one of the first experimental films concerning lesbian erotic at a time when homosexuality was illegal in the USA: The films on show reveal a wide range of sexual proclivities, experiences and fantasies whilst constantly searching for new forms of expression.

The films of the programme:

DARLING INTERNATIONAL (Jennifer Reeves, USA 1999): Fr., 30.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
DYKETACTICS (Barbara Hammer, USA 1973):
Do., 29.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
FUSES (Carolee Schneemann, USA 1964-68).
Do., 29.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
JUST FOR YOU GIRLS! (M.M. Serra, USA 1995):
Fr., 30.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
L'AMOUR FOU (M.M. Serra, USA 1992):
Fr., 30.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
LA SUTURE ( Michelle Handleman, USA 2000):
Do., 29.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
MAYHEM (Abigail Child, USA 1992):
Fr., 30.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
NY BY NIGHT ( Julie Murray, USA 1998):
Fr., 30.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH
THE COLOR OF LOVE (Peggy Ahwesh, USA 1994): Do., 29.3. 14.30 Uhr, DKH