Interweaving documentary, essay, and fiction, Shelly Silver explores how we negotiate cultural and popular narratives to arrive at definitions of the self. She examines storytelling and role-playing to reveal how identity is both reflected and constructed by television and cinema. As an "outside observer" living in Germany, France, and Japan, she questions the myths and realities of cultural and national identity.
1985, 50 min, color, sound
1986-90, 32 min, color, sound
Meet the People
1986, 16:32 min, color, sound
Things I Forget To Tell Myself
1988, 1:50 min, color, sound
getting in
1989, 2:47 min, b&w and color, sound
The Houses That Are Left (Trailer)
1989, 6:42 min, b&w and color, sound
We
1990, 4 min, b&w and color, sound
1991, 51 min, b&w and color, sound
1994, 8:30 min, color, sound
1994, 65 min, color, sound
1994, 4:01 min, color, sound
Belong
1994, 59 sec, color, sound
Desir
1994, 44 sec, color, sound
Apple
1994, 7 sec, color, sound
Fly
1994, 34 sec, color, sound
All
1994, 14 sec, color, sound
Jump
1994, 1:10 min, color, sound
1996, 52 min, color, sound
1999, 18:49 min, color, sound
2001, 3:12 min, color, sound
2003, 70 min, color, sound
2004, 15 min, color, sound
2008, 53 min, color, sound
2010, 10 min, color, sound, HD video
2013, 67:11 min, color, sound, HD video, Chinese
2019, 38 minutes, Color, Stereo, HD video
2019, 04:10 min, Color, Stereo, English
2020, 71 minutes, color, Stereo, HD video, English