Jem Cohen Filmes
- 2015

We Have an Anchor
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An excerpt from a portrait of Cape Breton shot over 10 years. Last presented in New York as a live show in BAM’s 2013 Next Wave series,...
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- 2009

Night Scene New York
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Chance observations of New York's Chinatown, commissioned by the Museum of Chinese in the Americas. “A sleepwalker’s circumnavigation of...
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- 2008

The Passage Clock: For Walter Benjamin
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An homage to Walter Benjamin and other time-traveling artists and expatriates that have inspired me, especially Chris Marker. Benjamin, fleeing from...
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- 2024

Aerie
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Jem Cohen directs a music video for the post-rock song “Aerie” by drummer Jim White (of Dirty Three) and guitarist Marisa Anderson.
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- 1989

Glueman
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Collaboration with Fugazi
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- 1991

Sketches for Late City Final
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Sketches for Late City Final (Jem Cohen, Peter Hutton, Jeff Preiss, Adam Grossman Cohen, co-produced by Fred Riedel, c. 1991)
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- 2024

Little, Big, and Far
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Karl, a 70-year-old Austrian astronomer, is at a crossroads in life and work. After a conference in Greece, he decides not to return home and heads...
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- 1999

Instrument
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The band Fugazi is documented over a period of more than ten years (1987-1998) through performance footage and interviews with the band and their...
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- 1989

Light Years
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The memory of a person, or the memory of a place (Rhys Graham).
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- 2019

Tree Song
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Jem Cohen directs a music video for the song “Tree Song” by the experimental Greek folk outfit Xylouris White.
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- 2018

This Climate
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The stock exchange, the sky, customers, and pedestrians. All are observed at a distance, with care, in the newest work by Jem Cohen.
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- 2010

Anne Truitt, Working
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A portrait of artist Anne Truitt made primarily in and around her studio at the Yaddo artists' community.
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- 1992

Black Hole Radio
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Black Hole Radio is an installation that consists of taped confessions of callers of the New York City Phone Confession Line and video images. The...
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- 1995

Nightswimming
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An erotic music video and short film about skinny-dipping.
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- 2007

free
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Commissioned by Renew Media to celebrate 20th Anniversary of Media Arts Fellowships
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- 2013

Helianthus Corner Blues
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A sudden rainstorm, 6th Avenue at West Fourth, NYC. That's all.
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- 2007

Spirit (Smells Like Teen Spirit)
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The film is a domestic portrait of Patti and her son, Jackson. William Blake was invited in the form of a plaster cast of his death mask. Kurt...
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- 2001

Nice Evening, Transmission Down
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A portrait of Sparklehorse and Mark Linkous
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- 2018

Vox Populi
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Hardcore punk legend Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) discusses memorable experiences from the many live shows he’s played.
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- 2025

Films For Freedom
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The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Canyon Cinema joined forces in 2025 to support Fall of Freedom – an urgent nationwide arts movement...
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