Keep Your Laws off My Body (1989)

Intimate scenes of gentle sexuality and domesticity set to the mechanical cadence of a projector (evoking a feeling somewhere between the repetitive labour of a sewing machine and violence of a machine gun) are juxtaposed with images of police and sirens to highlight the alarming intrusion of America’s laws on queer people and women’s bodies in healthcare, sexual expression, and desire.

Released

1989-01-01

Runtime

14 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Catherine Gund, Zoe Leonard