Fact is Stranger than Fiction

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Title

Fact is Stranger than Fiction

Subject

feminist, video art, woman filmmaker, lesbian

Description

Purchased for teaching. I taught often with this invaluable several-boxed collection from Video Databank which is currently unavailable.

Creator

Video Data Bank

Source

What Does She Want, Program 3

Date

1987

Contributor

Illusions / produced, written and directed by Julie Dash
Kleenex Napkin's Cling like cloth
Semiotics of the kitchen / Martha Rosler
Design for dreaming / M.P.O. Productions
Possibly in Michigan / written & directed by Cecelia Condit
Art world wizard / by Carole Ann Klonarides, Michael Owen
Leaving the 20th century / a videotape by Max Almy.

Coverage

A collection of seven short videorecordings and films which comprise worlds made up of fantasy, illusion, fact, and speculation. Focusing primarily on women, each work addresses the ambiguous questions of what and how we believe.

Table Of Contents

Illusions / produced, written and directed by Julie Dash
Kleenex Napkin's Cling like cloth
Semiotics of the kitchen / Martha Rosler
Design for dreaming / M.P.O. Productions
Possibly in Michigan / written & directed by Cecelia Condit
Art world wizard / by Carole Ann Klonarides, Michael Owen
Leaving the 20th century / a videotape by Max Almy

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Duration

90 mins

Director

Video Data Bank

URL

http://www.vdb.org
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Files

Citation

Video Data Bank, “Fact is Stranger than Fiction,” VHS Activism Archive , accessed May 17, 2026, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/714.

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