NEW YORK, NY.- A retrospective of the films of British
director
Sally Potter (b. 1949) at The Museum of Modern Art from July 7 through
21, 2010,
celebrates her distinct, independent vision, showing all her feature
films,
documentaries, and shorts, and a selection of her experimental works
made
between the early 1970s and the present. Potter has consistently kept a
radical
edge in her filmmaking work, beginning with avant-garde short films and
moving
on to alternative dramatic features that embrace music, literature,
dance,
theater, and performance. Potter typically works on multiple elements of
her
films, from script and direction to sound design, editing, performance,
and
production. Her films elegantly blend poetry and politics, giving voice
to
women’s stories and romantic liaisons and exploring themes of desire and

passion, self-expression, and the role of the individual in society.