Docufessional Films
Films & Performances
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Homewrecka (Official Trailer)
Winner of Best Experimental Film
Girlstories (Film Teaser)
The Garbage People (Trailer)
The Colors Of Spring (Live Performance)
Expanded Cinema performance of 'The Colors Of Spring'. Written and performed live in American Sign Language.
d-blok snag (land art film, 5 min)
A land art film inspired by the works of artist Nancy Holt. Shot, edited and sound design by Joey Huertas. Upcoming 2020 screening after Covid-19 NYC lockdown tba @ The Bronx Documentary Center www.bronxdoc.org
The Bromley Thing (Teaser)
Film commissioned by the United Kingdom. Film scheduled for contemporary museum gallery release, 2021.
ON GRIFFIN ALLEY (live outdoor performance)
ON GRIFFIN ALLEY, is the story of LENA BAKER who was executed in the electric chair by the State of Georgia in 1944. Her true story is presented by Joey Huertas as an 'Expanded Cinema' live performance work and interdisciplinary experiment, fusing stage theatre and expanded cinema techniques. "The goal is not to have a clean, finished product, but rather, it is an exploration of the process of the work, which subsequently becomes the work." Through the use of found artifacts, archival film footage, and sound design a new language of performance is explored before a live audience.
'ON GRIFFIN ALLEY'
Directed by: Joey Huertas AKA Jane Public.
Starring: CONNIE WINSTON
Written by THE WATCH (collaboration between the two artists)
Live soundscape music performance: Joey Huertas aka Jane Public.
On Griffin Alley is a an anti Capital Punishment work and a re-imagining of the trial of Lena Baker, a 44-year old Black American female who was convicted of killing Ernest B. Knight, her 56-year old white male employer with whom she also was engaged in an illicit love affair in Jim Crow Cuthbert, Georgia. *** Baker is the first and only woman to ever be electrocuted in the State of Georgia.
The year was 1944. Baker’s trial lasted for less than one full day, and her jury was comprised of twelve white males. The trial transcript is approximately ten pages long. This live cinema performance was created by interpreting the transcript during self-imposed DIY residency and by using found artifacts in order to design the stage set and an "Old Sparky" electric chair.
'ON GRIFFIN ALLEY'
Directed by: Joey Huertas AKA Jane Public.
Starring: CONNIE WINSTON
Written by THE WATCH (collaboration between the two artists)
Live soundscape music performance: Joey Huertas aka Jane Public.
On Griffin Alley is a an anti Capital Punishment work and a re-imagining of the trial of Lena Baker, a 44-year old Black American female who was convicted of killing Ernest B. Knight, her 56-year old white male employer with whom she also was engaged in an illicit love affair in Jim Crow Cuthbert, Georgia. *** Baker is the first and only woman to ever be electrocuted in the State of Georgia.
The year was 1944. Baker’s trial lasted for less than one full day, and her jury was comprised of twelve white males. The trial transcript is approximately ten pages long. This live cinema performance was created by interpreting the transcript during self-imposed DIY residency and by using found artifacts in order to design the stage set and an "Old Sparky" electric chair.
16mm footage for 'The Bromley Thing'
Raw footage, self-developed. To use for feature film project The Bromley Thing (Commissioned Work)
Joey Huertas on THE PEOPLES COURT (FOX 5 TV)
Experimental film director. Joey Huertas sues (and wins!) special FX maker for ruining his moviestar dog, BUTCH from the film '...In Sickness and in Health'
Joey Huertas interviews experimental film icon NICK ZEDD (Cinema of Transgression)
'Skype' interview with experimental film artists Nick Zedd and Joey Huertas, 3/9/2017. Interview commissioned by Kent Theatre in New York. Zedd is living in Mexico making films with his wife and son at the time of this interview.
Nick Zedd is an American filmmaker and author from New York City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work. These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included Richard Kern, Tessa Hughes Freeland, Lung Leg, Annie Sprinkle and Lydia Lunch. Under numerous pen names, Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984–90) which publicized the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression was explored in Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping (Creation Books). Mr Zedd's autobiography Totem of the Depraved was published by Henry Rollins' 2.13.61 publications in 1996. From 2004 to 2008 Nick Zedd produced and directed The Adventures of Electa Elf, a low-budget TV series out of NYC. Since moving to Mexico in 2011 Nick Zedd has edited three issues of Hatred of Capitalism magazine in which his Extremist Manifesto was published, sending shock waves through the art world. Recent films shot in Mexico City include Dr Shinto: Frustration, Cockfight, Paradise Lost, Demonic Sweaters: Love Always Love and a series of music videos for reggaeton singer Natalia Ibenez Lorio aka #laBAE.
Nick Zedd is an American filmmaker and author from New York City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work. These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included Richard Kern, Tessa Hughes Freeland, Lung Leg, Annie Sprinkle and Lydia Lunch. Under numerous pen names, Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984–90) which publicized the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression was explored in Jack Sargeant's book Deathtripping (Creation Books). Mr Zedd's autobiography Totem of the Depraved was published by Henry Rollins' 2.13.61 publications in 1996. From 2004 to 2008 Nick Zedd produced and directed The Adventures of Electa Elf, a low-budget TV series out of NYC. Since moving to Mexico in 2011 Nick Zedd has edited three issues of Hatred of Capitalism magazine in which his Extremist Manifesto was published, sending shock waves through the art world. Recent films shot in Mexico City include Dr Shinto: Frustration, Cockfight, Paradise Lost, Demonic Sweaters: Love Always Love and a series of music videos for reggaeton singer Natalia Ibenez Lorio aka #laBAE.
Where's The Child? (live performance)
Fusing film, dance and performance art, Joey Huertas collaborates with dancer Suzana Stankovic in, 'Where’s the Child?', a dramatic and surreal live performance (EXPANDED CINEMA) in which an exorcism is performed onstage. This STREAM sample is a slideshow from photos taken during performance tour in US and Europe.
SWEDEN RADIO interview with Joey Huertas
Spoken Word at WORD bookstore, Brooklyn, NYC, Chairman Of The Bored Productions.
A Spoken Word performance at the WORD bookstore in Brooklyn, NYC in which the debacle of the making of a movie in film school called 'The Garbage People' is shared.
Joey Huertas interviews artist Christie Blizard.
Joey Huertas interviews performance artist- Christie Blizard on 5/4/2019
JK Optical Printing (The Bromley Thing)
Re-photographed 8mm using JK Optical Printer machine, scene excerpt from, 'The Bromley Thing' scene (UK commissioned for New Zealand exhibitions).
'Chowchilla'
A public open-mike reading of 'Chowchilla'. The piece was written as catharsis on a red-eye flight from California to New York after the failed Compassionate Release hearing of a female inmate who was dying in prison of brain cancer and was denied the right to say goodbye to her family and loved ones.
Joey Huertas interviews filmmaker Ken Jacobs, 2021.
Filmmaker Ken Jacobs and his wife, painter Flo Jacobs interview with filmmaker Joey Huertas. This interview covers the history and creation of the Millennium Film Workshop and Journal - both staples of New York City's underground experimental avant-garde film culture since the 1960's. This interview was recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown Pandemic.
After the interview, Ken shares his latest new film, 'TWO WRENCHING DEPARTURES' in its entirety.
Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American experimental filmmaker. He is the director of Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969, USA), which was admitted to the National Film Registry in 2007. His Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA) is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of found footage. Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002. His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker. The style of Jacobs is largely concentrated around the technique of "found footage" - the author works with a stranger in a kinomaterial, sometimes occasional, conceptualizing it on the mounting table. So not only "Star Spangled to Death" appeared, but also another cult film Jacobs "Tom Tom Son Dudocar." "Tom Tom" consists of a multifaceted and detailed analysis of the 1905 film, in which the timing tape increases with eight minutes to almost two hours. Committed in 1969 "Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son" is one of the first examples of deconstruction in the cinema. Skyped, researched, recorded, edited, cut and completed by Joey Huertas, 2021.
Narration performed by Joey Huertas.
After the interview, Ken shares his latest new film, 'TWO WRENCHING DEPARTURES' in its entirety.
Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American experimental filmmaker. He is the director of Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969, USA), which was admitted to the National Film Registry in 2007. His Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA) is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of found footage. Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002. His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker. The style of Jacobs is largely concentrated around the technique of "found footage" - the author works with a stranger in a kinomaterial, sometimes occasional, conceptualizing it on the mounting table. So not only "Star Spangled to Death" appeared, but also another cult film Jacobs "Tom Tom Son Dudocar." "Tom Tom" consists of a multifaceted and detailed analysis of the 1905 film, in which the timing tape increases with eight minutes to almost two hours. Committed in 1969 "Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son" is one of the first examples of deconstruction in the cinema. Skyped, researched, recorded, edited, cut and completed by Joey Huertas, 2021.
Narration performed by Joey Huertas.
Joey Huertas interviews Amos Poe, 2021.
Joey Huertas interviews Amos Poe on the making of his feature-film 'Alphabet City.' 1984's 'Alphabet City' now exists as an unintentional document and study of the cultural divide and gentrification taking place in New York City's lower east side and the economic disparity that impacted that class-segregated community in the 1980's. The film 'Alphabet City' was created by a group of underground experimental film artists who united together to tackle making their first Hollywood movie against all odds.
"The Millennium Film Workshop and Anthology Film Archives were the experimental Meccas where I cut my teeth between 1972 and 1975. As a newcomer to NYC both impresarios, Howard Guttenplan and Jonas Mekas, were extremely generous in their way to young filmmakers trying to make their own mark. It was at the Millennium where I was introduced to the work of Ken Jacobs, Chris Eckoff, Tony Conrad, Birgit Hein, Michael Snow, Jack Smith, Stan Brakhage, Yvonne Rainer and many others."- Amos Poe, 2021
Amos Poe is one of the leading figures of the No Wave Cinema movement (75-85) that grew out of the bustling East Village music and art scene. The No Wave paralleled the punk music explosion and included Jim Jarmusch, Abel Ferrara, Eric Mitchell, James Nares, Beth and Scott B, Vivienne Dick, Sara Driver, John Lurie, Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Bette Gordon, Melvie Arslanian, Charlie Ahearn, among others - they embraced B-movie genres, the avant-garde, & the French New Wave to create a fresh, vibrant American art cinema. Poe is considered by many (see John Pierson's book, "Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes", Legs McNeil's "Please Kill Me", or C. Patterson's "Captured") to be the "father" of the modern Indy American cinema. In '75 Poe and Ivan Kral (Patti Smith Group, Iggy Pop) produced, edited and shot the now classic and definitive punk film, THE BLANK GENERATION. This film chronicles the seminal performances of Richard Hell, Patti Smith, Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, Heartbreakers, Wayne County et. al. In '76, Poe wrote, produced, and directed his debut groundbreaking feature, UNMADE BEDS, an homage to Godard's "Breathless" and the French New Wave. In '77, using a car loan for $5,000, Poe wrote, produced and directed his most influential film, THE FOREIGNER, starring Eric Mitchell, Patti Astor, Duncan Hannah and Debbie Harry. In '79-'80 Poe concluded his "underground trilogy" with the bleakly beautiful SUBWAY RIDERS, the first foray in color. These bohemian films starred the downtown demimonde of artists, musicians and poets. During this era, Poe also directed the legendary weekly TV show, GLENN O'BRIEN'S TV PARTY. In '83-'84, Poe co-wrote and directed ALPHABET CITY (w/ Vincent Spano, Kate Vernon & Michael Winslow), his first 35mm film, and directed numerous music videos (Run DMC, Animotion, Anthrax, Juice Newton etc.). In '85-'86 he wrote ROCKET GIBRALTAR (Burt Lancaster, Macauley Culkin, Kevin Spacey, Patricia Clarkson, Francis Conroy, Bill Pullman, John Glover). In the late '80's, Poe applied himself to writing numerous screenplays, among them - "Port of Call" (Chiesa Prod.), "The Golden Eagle" (Columbia Pictures), "Mrs. Dogg" (Island/World), "Beach House" (Weintraub Ent.), "Paint. It Black." (Ulick/Mayo Prod.) "Caught In A Whirlwind" (Cabana Ent.) and "Pony Rider" (Fox). Poe returned to filmmaking in '90 with the acclaimed TRIPLE BOGEY ON A PAR 5 HOLE (Island/World). In '92, Poe produced Steven Starr's JOEY BREAKER (Skouras/Paramount) starring Richard Edson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gina Gershon and Michael Imperioli. Poe returned to scripting in '93-'94 with a vengeance, writing: "Tar Baby" (from Toni Morrison's novel for Willi Ramaeu), "Kid Killer", "La Pacifica" (released as a graphic novel by DC Comics), "The Guitar", "The Lodz 7 ", "The Grey Nun", "Hard On Berlin", "The Listener" (David Brown/Paramount), "Rattle My Cage" and "Dead Weekend" (with novelist Joel Rose). In '94 Poe directed the Ed Wood inspired sci-fi DEAD WEEKEND (starring Stephen Baldwin & Bai Ling).
As a filmmaker, Poe cites the work of Jean-Luc Godard, John Cassavettes, and Andy Warhol as primary influences; he expands his list of artistic influences to include de Kooning, Morandi, Picabia, Warhol, Clemente, Olivier Mosset, Richard Prince and Duchamp. An extensive archive of Poe’s writings and other works is housed at The Fales Library in New York City.
janepublic.com
amospoe.com
"The Millennium Film Workshop and Anthology Film Archives were the experimental Meccas where I cut my teeth between 1972 and 1975. As a newcomer to NYC both impresarios, Howard Guttenplan and Jonas Mekas, were extremely generous in their way to young filmmakers trying to make their own mark. It was at the Millennium where I was introduced to the work of Ken Jacobs, Chris Eckoff, Tony Conrad, Birgit Hein, Michael Snow, Jack Smith, Stan Brakhage, Yvonne Rainer and many others."- Amos Poe, 2021
Amos Poe is one of the leading figures of the No Wave Cinema movement (75-85) that grew out of the bustling East Village music and art scene. The No Wave paralleled the punk music explosion and included Jim Jarmusch, Abel Ferrara, Eric Mitchell, James Nares, Beth and Scott B, Vivienne Dick, Sara Driver, John Lurie, Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Bette Gordon, Melvie Arslanian, Charlie Ahearn, among others - they embraced B-movie genres, the avant-garde, & the French New Wave to create a fresh, vibrant American art cinema. Poe is considered by many (see John Pierson's book, "Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes", Legs McNeil's "Please Kill Me", or C. Patterson's "Captured") to be the "father" of the modern Indy American cinema. In '75 Poe and Ivan Kral (Patti Smith Group, Iggy Pop) produced, edited and shot the now classic and definitive punk film, THE BLANK GENERATION. This film chronicles the seminal performances of Richard Hell, Patti Smith, Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads, Television, Heartbreakers, Wayne County et. al. In '76, Poe wrote, produced, and directed his debut groundbreaking feature, UNMADE BEDS, an homage to Godard's "Breathless" and the French New Wave. In '77, using a car loan for $5,000, Poe wrote, produced and directed his most influential film, THE FOREIGNER, starring Eric Mitchell, Patti Astor, Duncan Hannah and Debbie Harry. In '79-'80 Poe concluded his "underground trilogy" with the bleakly beautiful SUBWAY RIDERS, the first foray in color. These bohemian films starred the downtown demimonde of artists, musicians and poets. During this era, Poe also directed the legendary weekly TV show, GLENN O'BRIEN'S TV PARTY. In '83-'84, Poe co-wrote and directed ALPHABET CITY (w/ Vincent Spano, Kate Vernon & Michael Winslow), his first 35mm film, and directed numerous music videos (Run DMC, Animotion, Anthrax, Juice Newton etc.). In '85-'86 he wrote ROCKET GIBRALTAR (Burt Lancaster, Macauley Culkin, Kevin Spacey, Patricia Clarkson, Francis Conroy, Bill Pullman, John Glover). In the late '80's, Poe applied himself to writing numerous screenplays, among them - "Port of Call" (Chiesa Prod.), "The Golden Eagle" (Columbia Pictures), "Mrs. Dogg" (Island/World), "Beach House" (Weintraub Ent.), "Paint. It Black." (Ulick/Mayo Prod.) "Caught In A Whirlwind" (Cabana Ent.) and "Pony Rider" (Fox). Poe returned to filmmaking in '90 with the acclaimed TRIPLE BOGEY ON A PAR 5 HOLE (Island/World). In '92, Poe produced Steven Starr's JOEY BREAKER (Skouras/Paramount) starring Richard Edson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gina Gershon and Michael Imperioli. Poe returned to scripting in '93-'94 with a vengeance, writing: "Tar Baby" (from Toni Morrison's novel for Willi Ramaeu), "Kid Killer", "La Pacifica" (released as a graphic novel by DC Comics), "The Guitar", "The Lodz 7 ", "The Grey Nun", "Hard On Berlin", "The Listener" (David Brown/Paramount), "Rattle My Cage" and "Dead Weekend" (with novelist Joel Rose). In '94 Poe directed the Ed Wood inspired sci-fi DEAD WEEKEND (starring Stephen Baldwin & Bai Ling).
As a filmmaker, Poe cites the work of Jean-Luc Godard, John Cassavettes, and Andy Warhol as primary influences; he expands his list of artistic influences to include de Kooning, Morandi, Picabia, Warhol, Clemente, Olivier Mosset, Richard Prince and Duchamp. An extensive archive of Poe’s writings and other works is housed at The Fales Library in New York City.
janepublic.com
amospoe.com