Cecelia Condit

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Cecelia Condit

Born December 15, 1947 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (age 78)

Cecelia Condit is an American artist who works in video. Fusing humor and horror, the whimsical and the macabre, Cecelia Condit tells stories that uncover dark fantasies of the subconscious beneath the surreal suburban landscape of Middle America. Condit's elliptical narratives, which have been termed "feminist fairy tales," put a subversive spin on the traditional mythologies of female representa…

Known For

The FieldThe Field · 2019
The Field
★ 5.02019
MovieFantasyMystery
A long-empty farmstead holds secret worlds, accidentally unlocked by an amateur photographer and his wife.
Possibly in MichiganPossibly in Michigan · 1983
Possibly in Michigan
★ 7.61983
MovieHorrorMusic
A musical horror story about two young women who are stalked through a shopping mall by a cannibal. He follows them home, and here the victims become the aggressors.
Little SpiritsLittle Spirits · 2005
Little Spirits
★ 5.02005
MovieDramaFamily
A young girl who plays a trick on a friend, unaware or uninterested in the possible consequences.
Puxando Raízes com Cecelia ConditPuxando Raízes com Cecelia Condit · 2025
Puxando Raízes com Cecelia Condit
2025
MovieHistoryDocumentary
A video essay that seeks to represent, study and pay homage to the North American filmmaker Cecelia Condit, covering all of her film work and video installation, portraying her through devices of semiotics, aesthetics and cinematographic language.
In ConcertIn Concert · 2020
In Concert
2020
MovieDocumentary
"In Concert" is a 3 screen experimental film about the human species ongoing troubled relationship with nature.
We Were Hardly More Than ChildrenWe Were Hardly More Than Children · 2019
We Were Hardly More Than Children
2019
MovieDrama
An epic tale of a botched abortion as lived by two women on a perilous journey through a world that has little concern for their survival.
Not a Jealous BoneNot a Jealous Bone · 1987
Not a Jealous Bone
★ 6.91987
MovieDramaHorror
Invoking a biblical story of life coming from dry bones, Condit constructs an experimental narrative about an older woman’s confrontation with her own mortality after the death of her mother. The bone represents the promise of youth and hope—a promise jealously coveted by the young, but needed more by those grown old. Inverting cultural values, Condit represents feminine youth as a mannequin, and seeks humanity in the form of the older woman, who is reborn by overcoming her fear of death.
Park, October
Oct 31, 2026
Park, October · 2026
Park, October
2026
MovieDramaMusic
Dexter walks through a rather quiet park on a nice fall evening. But there is something off about the walk. Inspired by Cecilia Condit's One Wheel Dance.

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