Covered Bridge

Register of the events which occurred between 9 and 15 April 1948 in Bogota as a result of the assassination of political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

Expeditions in the Western Canadian Arctic

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence of close-ups, Elam coyly records portions of several individuals practicing tai chi, primarily focusing on the practitioners’ extremities as they float about. Distinct from its affiliates, “Tai Chi II” finds the action taking place outside.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Abstract short.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

An outdoor gathering.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

USPS workers go bowling.

Chicago streets.

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Two pumpkins.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Digging in the woods.

JoAnn Elam plants collards.