Film Screening
“CALL HER APPLEBROOG” at Anthology Film Archives
In conjunction with the exhibition Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years
April 1, 2025–July 19, 2025
Before the exhibition closes on July 19, we will present one final screening which calls attention to two recipients of the award: filmmaker Beth B (AWAW 1999), as well as renowned artist Ida Applebroog (AWAW 2009), Beth B’s mother and the subject of her 2016 documentary portrait, CALL HER APPLEBROOG.
Beth B will be here in person for a Q&A following the screening!
CALL HER APPLEBROOG, 2016
by Beth B (AWAW 1999)
Beth B (left) and Ida Applebroog (right). Photo: Emily Poole
“This deeply personal portrait of acclaimed artist Ida Applebroog was shot with mischievous reverence by her filmmaker daughter, Beth B [the renowned director of No Wave classics like G-MAN (1978), BLACK BOX (1979), THE TRAP DOOR (1980), and VORTEX (1982), and later films such as TWO SMALL BODIES (1993), EXPOSED (2013), and VOYEUR (2017)]. Born in the Bronx to Orthodox Jewish émigrés from Poland, Applebroog, then in her 80s, looks back at how she expressed herself through decades of drawings and paintings, as well as her private journals. With her daughter’s encouragement, she investigates the stranger that is her former self, a woman who found psychological and sexual liberation through art. As Beth B finds a deeper understanding of her mother as a human being, Applebroog shares a newfound appreciation for her own provocative work. –MoMA DOC FORTNIGHT
Purchase tickets in advance on Anthology’s website; tickets are also available at Anthology’s box office.
