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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alexandra Juhasz AIDS Activism VHS Collection Subject The topic of the resource AIDS Activism Description An account of the resource VHS Activism is based on collections of VHS tapes linked to themes like AIDS and Activism. Over the course of her career, Prof. Alexandra Juhasz collected hundreds of VHS tapes by film artists out of the mainstream of cinema. In some cases, these films are not commercially available. This collection is designed to bring together the digitizations of the tapes themselves with student-driven annotations, as well as records and references in other media, such as reviews, websites, and study guides. This project is part of the OER Pilot Project at Brooklyn College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alexandra Juhasz Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980-2010 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Fairey Brianna Jones Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Video VHS Language A language of the resource English Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Director Name (or names) of the person who produced the video Cynthia Madansky and Alisa Lebow Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 54 mins URL For research, teaching, and educational use please use CONTACT US in About section to make a request for access. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 16 mm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Treyf Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. <a href="http://www.madansky.com/film-video/treyf/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cynthia Madansky official website</a> <a href="https://www.wmm.com/catalog/film/treyf/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Women Make Movies: Treyf</a> <a href="https://film-makerscoop.com/catalogue/madansky-cynthia-treyf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Filmmakers Co-op</a> Alisa Lebow’s <a href="https://www.alisalebow.net/alisa-lebow-linear.html">Personal Website</a> Co-director Alisa Lebow performs an autocritique of the film she made in her book, First Person Jewish, available on <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv0cm">JSTOR</a>. The introduction to the book is <a href="https://alisalebow.net/pdf/Books/Lebow-FPJ-Intro.pdf">available for free</a>. She dedicates a full chapter “A Treyf Autocritique of Autobiography” to this film. Interview with co-director Cynthia Madansky discusses the origins of the film in a 2020 episode of the “<a href="https://www.twooldbitches.com/podcast/2020/3/15/season-5-episode-09-cynthia-madansky-always-avant-garde">Two Old Bitches</a>” podcast. Description An account of the resource Gift from filmmaker. Alisa is a longtime friend and collaborator who I met making AIDS activist video. We co-authored the <a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9781119685661?gC=098f6bcd4&gclid=CjwKCAiAlrSPBhBaEiwAuLSDUIlPxjc2LDeyvpIVnC88bMZmXMqJsRgDTmitp4diQ9D3FNH7U5aTDxoC-9UQAvD_BwE">Blackwell Anthology on Contemporary Documentary</a> together many years later, and recently co-penned the manifesto "<a href="https://worldrecordsjournal.org/beyond-story-comments/">Beyond Story</a>" for World Records. I still teach with this documentary because of its playful mixture of approaches to identity in both form and content. It still teaches great! Cynthia Madansky recently designed the cover of my book of poems, "My Phone Lies to Me." She is a friend and fellow queer feminist filmmaker currently working on a <a href="https://madansky.com/film-video/index-trace/">landmark documentary project on nuclear history</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Subject The topic of the resource feminist, lesbian, Jewish, experimental documentary, family, Israel, Zionism, Judaism, queer, New York Abstract A summary of the resource. TREYF —“unkosher” in Yiddish— is an unorthodox documentary by and about two Jewish lesbians who met and fell in love at a Passover “seder”. With personal narration, real and imagined educational films, and haunting imagery, filmmakers Alisa Lebow and Cynthia Madansky examine the Jewish identity of their upbringings and its impact on their lives. Incisive cultural critics, astute, poignant, and poetic—never cynical—they weave their way from New York to Jerusalem in pursuit of a progressive, secular Jewish identity that draws from their childhood reminiscences as much as from their contemporary queer lives. As referenced in Alisa Lebow’s book First Person Jewish, TREYF is iconoclastic and intelligent, humorous and poignant, a personal journey from kibbutz summers to coming out, from keeping kosher to “Bat Mitzvahs.” A reflection on culture, community, and individual desire, this witty film follows the filmmakers as they discover what they thought was most profoundly “treyf” about their worldviews still has roots in Jewish history. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Distributed by <a href="https://www.wmm.com/catalog/film/treyf/">Women Make Movies</a> 1998 Cynthia Madansky and Alisa Lebow experimental documentary family feminist Israel Jewish Judaism lesbian Palestine Treyf Zionism