Peggy Ahwesh 2007: An Interview.

In this interview, American filmmaker, teacher, and video artist Peggy Ahwesh (b.1954) delves into the key figures and primary texts that have inspired her work in Super-8 and video since the 1970s. She discusses her early influences as a member of the underground art scenes in Pittsburgh in the lat...

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Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Format: Video
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Language Notes:In English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
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