Leslie Asako Gladsjø

Filmes

Peace Is Every Step
Writer
The influential life and powerful messages of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh are explored in this biographical documentary. For more than 50 years, this amazing social activist has preached self-awareness and compassion for all living beings. Follow him as he travels through France and the United States—including a stop at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.—spreading peace by teaching mindfulness and forgiveness.
A Calculated Forecast Of Ultimate Doom / The Deliberate Evolution Of A War Zone
Director
Two Shows from Survival Research Laboratories: San Francisco, CA 1994 and Graz, Austria 1992. The Doom show was SRL's biggest show ever and the War Zone event resulted in a nation-wide defense alert in Austria.
The Pleasures of Uninhibited Excess
Director
A fast-moving and comprehensive documentation of three Survival Research Laboratories performances 1989-1990. Includes "Illusions of Shameless Abundance ...", ArtSpace Computer-Controlled Installation, "A Carnival of Misplaced Devotion ...", plus details of the 1989 bomb hoax incident.
Stigmata: The Transfigured Body
Director
A graphic depiction of the many ways that women modify their bodies, through piercing, tattooing, branding and cuttings. This is a documentary about self determination and sexuality, beauty and the use of the body as a tool for self discovery.
Illusions of Shameless Abundance
Editor
A Machine Performance by: Survival Research Laboratories, staged May 28, 1989 in SF at 4th & Perry St.
The Will To Provoke: An Account Of Fantastic Schemes For Initiating Social Improvements
Cinematography
The 1988 European tour of Survival Research Laboratories, with shows in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. SRL ferrets out and gleefully satirizes assorted icons of cultural pride in two of Europes more allegedly libertarian democracies.
Pranks!
Director
Video accompaniment to the book of the same name released by RE/SEARCH magazine, featuring interviews with Survival Research Lab's Mark Pauline, Joe Coleman, Karen Finley, Boyd Rice, and Frank Discussion. "Five Fabulously Funny Interviews with Fiendishly Flamboyant Pranksters discussing diabolical (and sometimes illegal) deeds. Dazzling deceptions and put-ons from some of the most outrageous artists living today."
O Movimento Negro Desde Martin Luther King
Director
O Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. analisa os últimos 50 anos da história afro-americana, mapeando a luta do Movimento Negro e levantando os obstáculos ainda a serem vencidos. Junto a estudiosos especializados, celebridades e um elenco dinâmico de pessoas que moldaram estes anos, Gates embarca numa viagem desde as vitórias do Movimento dos Direitos Civis até os dias de hoje.