Sierra Pettengill
2021Riotsville, USA
Sierra Pettengill
Charlene Modeste
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
Riotsville, USA
The Reagan Show
Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez
Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan
Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.
The Reagan Show
The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space
Sierra Pettengill
Laurie Anderson, Hito Steyerl
An oral history of Artists Space, the legendary New York artists organization. Told through the voices of the artists, critics and curators who formed it, the film is narrated by voiceover culled from 30 hours of archival cassette tape interviews over a 45 year period. Artists such as Laurie Anderson, Mike Kelley, Hito Steyerl and David Wojnarowicz walk us through the decades. A formally-experimental and raucously-told chronology composed of rare archival documentation, The Business of Thought... is a reminder of the radical potential of the arts and the importance of collective, cultural spaces.
The Business of Thought: A Recorded History of Artists Space