Michael V. Smith

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The Floating Man
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The Floating Man

Sep 26, 2023

The Floating Man
2023 77 min 1 vues
This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to become a radical drag performer and genderqueer artist. A unique blend of DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and videopoem, this amusing self-portrait sources Smith's provocative art practice to examine a lifetime of untrue stories about his body. One featured project includes Smith on a road trip on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, searching for famed Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, while dressed as Peanut the Clown.
Documentary
Invitation
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Invitation

Aug 21, 2007

Invitation
2007 6 min 1 vues
Continuing his performance-based documentary work, Michael V. Smith has created a confessional nude dance video. Invitation chronicles the artist’s relationship to his body, welcoming the audience to celebrate and bear witness.
Music
Girl on Girl
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Girl on Girl

Jan 01, 2004

Girl on Girl
2004 15 min 1 vues
In his alter ego as Miss Cookie LaWhore, Canadian novelist Michael V. Smith gives up his hetero-virginity to performance artist and sex worker Amber Dawn. Shot on mini-DV, Girl on Girl is a candid documentary that humanizes sex as it battles the social stigma of being sexual. Touching on hot buttons such as the exploitation of women in the mainstream porn industry, shame and body image, sex phobia, and gender ambiguity, Girl on Girl lays bare our shared fear of being sexual and being seen.
Documentary
Sissy
1

Sissy

Aug 16, 2014

Sissy
2014 3 min 1 vues
What exactly is a sissy? Sissy explores masculinity, gender identity, misogyny and self-acceptance. A playful exploration of what it means to be a sissy.
Documentary
The Common Fag
1

The Common Fag

Aug 18, 2018

The Common Fag
2018 4 min 1 vues
Collaborators Kenney and Smith’s cheeky ‘nature doc’ short outlines the being that is ‘the Common Fag,’ on the banks of Okanagan Lake.
Comedy
Pink
1

Pink

Jan 01, 2004

Pink
2004 3 min 1 vues
Director Smith examines the reasons why he likes to wear pink.
Documentary
Boyfriend
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Boyfriend

Jan 01, 2006

Boyfriend
2006 5 min 1 vues
Footage of Vancouver punk band SKINJOBS performing live at Ms T's.
Music
Easy
1

Easy

Aug 13, 2000

Easy
2000 15 min 1 vues
A one night stand starts out promisingly enough. But when young urban Cooper gets mistaken for a hustler by his married trick Larry, things take a turn for the worse.
Drama
Easy
1

Easy

Aug 13, 2000

Easy
2000 15 min 1 vues
A one night stand starts out promisingly enough. But when young urban Cooper gets mistaken for a hustler by his married trick Larry, things take a turn for the worse.
Drama
Invitation
1

Invitation

Aug 21, 2007

Invitation
2007 6 min 1 vues
Continuing his performance-based documentary work, Michael V. Smith has created a confessional nude dance video. Invitation chronicles the artist’s relationship to his body, welcoming the audience to celebrate and bear witness.
Music
Invitation
1

Invitation

Aug 21, 2007

Invitation
2007 6 min 1 vues
Continuing his performance-based documentary work, Michael V. Smith has created a confessional nude dance video. Invitation chronicles the artist’s relationship to his body, welcoming the audience to celebrate and bear witness.
Music
Invitation
1

Invitation

Aug 21, 2007

Invitation
2007 6 min 1 vues
Continuing his performance-based documentary work, Michael V. Smith has created a confessional nude dance video. Invitation chronicles the artist’s relationship to his body, welcoming the audience to celebrate and bear witness.
Music
Wolf Lake
1

Wolf Lake

Jan 01, 2006

Wolf Lake
2006 5 min 1 vues
In a dramatized narrative written and told by Canadian poet Elizabeth Bachinsky, a young woman speaks of her ordeal at Wolf Lake. The Coast Mountains of British Columbia make a lush backdrop to her harrowing story of violence and betrayal.
Drama
Wolf Lake
1

Wolf Lake

Jan 01, 2006

Wolf Lake
2006 5 min 1 vues
In a dramatized narrative written and told by Canadian poet Elizabeth Bachinsky, a young woman speaks of her ordeal at Wolf Lake. The Coast Mountains of British Columbia make a lush backdrop to her harrowing story of violence and betrayal.
Drama
Wolf Lake
1

Wolf Lake

Jan 01, 2006

Wolf Lake
2006 5 min 1 vues
In a dramatized narrative written and told by Canadian poet Elizabeth Bachinsky, a young woman speaks of her ordeal at Wolf Lake. The Coast Mountains of British Columbia make a lush backdrop to her harrowing story of violence and betrayal.
Drama
Sissy
1

Sissy

Aug 16, 2014

Sissy
2014 3 min 1 vues
What exactly is a sissy? Sissy explores masculinity, gender identity, misogyny and self-acceptance. A playful exploration of what it means to be a sissy.
Documentary
Girl on Girl
1

Girl on Girl

Jan 01, 2004

Girl on Girl
2004 15 min 1 vues
In his alter ego as Miss Cookie LaWhore, Canadian novelist Michael V. Smith gives up his hetero-virginity to performance artist and sex worker Amber Dawn. Shot on mini-DV, Girl on Girl is a candid documentary that humanizes sex as it battles the social stigma of being sexual. Touching on hot buttons such as the exploitation of women in the mainstream porn industry, shame and body image, sex phobia, and gender ambiguity, Girl on Girl lays bare our shared fear of being sexual and being seen.
Documentary
Girl on Girl
1

Girl on Girl

Jan 01, 2004

Girl on Girl
2004 15 min 1 vues
In his alter ego as Miss Cookie LaWhore, Canadian novelist Michael V. Smith gives up his hetero-virginity to performance artist and sex worker Amber Dawn. Shot on mini-DV, Girl on Girl is a candid documentary that humanizes sex as it battles the social stigma of being sexual. Touching on hot buttons such as the exploitation of women in the mainstream porn industry, shame and body image, sex phobia, and gender ambiguity, Girl on Girl lays bare our shared fear of being sexual and being seen.
Documentary
Girl on Girl
1

Girl on Girl

Jan 01, 2004

Girl on Girl
2004 15 min 1 vues
In his alter ego as Miss Cookie LaWhore, Canadian novelist Michael V. Smith gives up his hetero-virginity to performance artist and sex worker Amber Dawn. Shot on mini-DV, Girl on Girl is a candid documentary that humanizes sex as it battles the social stigma of being sexual. Touching on hot buttons such as the exploitation of women in the mainstream porn industry, shame and body image, sex phobia, and gender ambiguity, Girl on Girl lays bare our shared fear of being sexual and being seen.
Documentary
Girl on Girl
1

Girl on Girl

Jan 01, 2004

Girl on Girl
2004 15 min 1 vues
In his alter ego as Miss Cookie LaWhore, Canadian novelist Michael V. Smith gives up his hetero-virginity to performance artist and sex worker Amber Dawn. Shot on mini-DV, Girl on Girl is a candid documentary that humanizes sex as it battles the social stigma of being sexual. Touching on hot buttons such as the exploitation of women in the mainstream porn industry, shame and body image, sex phobia, and gender ambiguity, Girl on Girl lays bare our shared fear of being sexual and being seen.
Documentary
Body. Cake. Lake.
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Body. Cake. Lake.

Jan 01, 2013

Body. Cake. Lake.
2013 3 min 1 vues
Walking nude along the dusty railroad tracks of life, a woman loves up her Body once she discovers a sweet decorous Cake in her path. She dances to her own whistled tune, then steps into the nearby Lake, frenzied with cake lust. An innocent film, Body. Cake. Lake. celebrates sensuality as gloriously monstrous.
Body. Cake. Lake.
1

Body. Cake. Lake.

Jan 01, 2013

Body. Cake. Lake.
2013 3 min 1 vues
Walking nude along the dusty railroad tracks of life, a woman loves up her Body once she discovers a sweet decorous Cake in her path. She dances to her own whistled tune, then steps into the nearby Lake, frenzied with cake lust. An innocent film, Body. Cake. Lake. celebrates sensuality as gloriously monstrous.
Body. Cake. Lake.
1

Body. Cake. Lake.

Jan 01, 2013

Body. Cake. Lake.
2013 3 min 1 vues
Walking nude along the dusty railroad tracks of life, a woman loves up her Body once she discovers a sweet decorous Cake in her path. She dances to her own whistled tune, then steps into the nearby Lake, frenzied with cake lust. An innocent film, Body. Cake. Lake. celebrates sensuality as gloriously monstrous.
The Common Fag
1

The Common Fag

Aug 18, 2018

The Common Fag
2018 4 min 1 vues
Collaborators Kenney and Smith’s cheeky ‘nature doc’ short outlines the being that is ‘the Common Fag,’ on the banks of Okanagan Lake.
Comedy
The Common Fag
1

The Common Fag

Aug 18, 2018

The Common Fag
2018 4 min 1 vues
Collaborators Kenney and Smith’s cheeky ‘nature doc’ short outlines the being that is ‘the Common Fag,’ on the banks of Okanagan Lake.
Comedy
Pink
1

Pink

Jan 01, 2004

Pink
2004 3 min 1 vues
Director Smith examines the reasons why he likes to wear pink.
Documentary
Pink
1

Pink

Jan 01, 2004

Pink
2004 3 min 1 vues
Director Smith examines the reasons why he likes to wear pink.
Documentary
Pink
1

Pink

Jan 01, 2004

Pink
2004 3 min 1 vues
Director Smith examines the reasons why he likes to wear pink.
Documentary
The Floating Man
1

The Floating Man

Sep 26, 2023

The Floating Man
2023 77 min 1 vues
This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to become a radical drag performer and genderqueer artist. A unique blend of DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and videopoem, this amusing self-portrait sources Smith's provocative art practice to examine a lifetime of untrue stories about his body. One featured project includes Smith on a road trip on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, searching for famed Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, while dressed as Peanut the Clown.
Documentary
The Floating Man
1

The Floating Man

Sep 26, 2023

The Floating Man
2023 77 min 1 vues
This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to become a radical drag performer and genderqueer artist. A unique blend of DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and videopoem, this amusing self-portrait sources Smith's provocative art practice to examine a lifetime of untrue stories about his body. One featured project includes Smith on a road trip on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, searching for famed Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, while dressed as Peanut the Clown.
Documentary
The Floating Man
1

The Floating Man

Sep 26, 2023

The Floating Man
2023 77 min 1 vues
This intimate documentary unpacks Michael V. Smith's journey as a self-described sissy with a body he found humiliating as he developed his art to become a radical drag performer and genderqueer artist. A unique blend of DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and videopoem, this amusing self-portrait sources Smith's provocative art practice to examine a lifetime of untrue stories about his body. One featured project includes Smith on a road trip on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, searching for famed Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, while dressed as Peanut the Clown.
Documentary
I dream a queer allegory
1

I dream a queer allegory

Oct 17, 2021

I dream a queer allegory
2021 2 min 1 vues
Check this. We're in a house / deep in the woods. I’m trying / to talk a committee-sized group— / maybe five—into having sex. / Nobody's going for it, / despite wild times before. / Maybe desire is dead?
The Hook Up
5

The Hook Up

Nov 13, 2019

The Hook Up
2019 6 min 1 vues
An experimental documentary featuring four gay men from two different generations: two nearing age 70 and two 20-somethings. Striking close-up visuals create a powerful sense of intimacy and connection as the men discuss how hooking up has (and has not) evolved for gay men.
The Hook Up
5

The Hook Up

Nov 13, 2019

The Hook Up
2019 6 min 1 vues
An experimental documentary featuring four gay men from two different generations: two nearing age 70 and two 20-somethings. Striking close-up visuals create a powerful sense of intimacy and connection as the men discuss how hooking up has (and has not) evolved for gay men.