Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Single-channel Video (2012)

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This list is "an educational resource that offers guidance and encouragement as students seek to find points of orientation within the vast history of film and video." It is not a list of the best films of all time. Rather, it reflects a variety of criteria.

The list is divided into 5 sections:
I. Narrative Films
Hollywood Genres (with an emphasis on the classical studio era)
II. Non-Fiction Films
III. Animated Films
IV. Experimental/Avant-garde/Underground Films
V. Single-channel Video

Many of the videos are missing from IMDb. However, most of them are available on DVD or online.

Missing from IMDb:
The Best of Ernie Kovacs (Ernie Kovacs, 1957ff., US)
Stamping in My Studio (Bruce Nauman, 1968, US)
Self Burial (Keith Arnatt, 1969, FRG)
Hello (Allan Kaprow, 1969, US)
TV Interruptions (David Hall, 1971, US)
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (John Baldessari, 1971, US)
Centers (Vito Acconti, 1971, US)
Vertical Roll (Joan Jonas, 1972, US)
Past Future/Split Attention (Dan Graham, 1972, US)
Theme Song (Vito Acconci, 1973, US)
TV Delivers People (Richard Serra/Nancy Holt, 1973, US)
TV Ad (Chris Burden, 1973, US)
The Meaning of Various News Photos (John Baldessari, 1973, US)
Children’s Tapes (Terry Fox, 1974, US)
Ball (William Wegman, 1974, US)
Body Music (Charlemagne Palestine, 1974, US)
The Eternal Frame (T.R. Uthco and Ant Farm, 1975, US)
My Father (Shigeko Kubota, 1975, Japan)
Probably the World’s Smallest TV Station (Media Bus, 1975, US)
Upset Stomach—Fast (Paulo Herkenhoff, 1975, Brazil)
Revolve (Nancy Holt, 1977, US)
The Red Tapes (Vito Acconci, 1977, US)
Cage, Wire (Sonia Andrade, 1977, US)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (Dara Birnbaum, 1979, US)
Hearts (Barbara Buckner, 1979, US)
Beneath the Skin (Cecelia Condit, 1981, US)
The Looking Glass (Juan Downey, 1981, US)
Meta Mayan (Edin Vélez, 1981, US)
Smothering Dreams (Daniel Reeves, 1981, US)
Casual Shopper (Judith Barry, 1981, US)
Rock My Religion (Dan Graham, 1982-84, US)
Ohio to Giverny: Memory of Light (Mary Lucier, 1983, US)
Subatomic Babies (Shalom Gorewitz, 1983, US)
Sabda (Daniel Reeves, 1984, US)
Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia) (Gary Hill, 1984, US)
Incidence of Catastrophe (Gary Hill, 1987-8, US)
Not a Jealous Bone (Cecelia Condit, 1987, US)
Berlin: Tourist Journal (Ken Kobland, 1988, US)
Some Aspect of a Shared Lifestyle (Gregg Bordowitz, 1986, US)
Mike (Michael Smith, 1987, US)
Political Advertisements II: 1956-1988 (Muntadas, 1988, US)
Volcano Saga (Joan Jonas, 1989, US)
Site Recite (A Prologue) (Gary Hill, 1989, US)
Like a Prayer (DIVA TV, 1989, US)
Desire Incorporated (Lynn Herschman, 1990, US)
Corps étranger (Mona Hatoum, 1994, UK)
Oh, Rapunzel (Cecelia Condit, 1996, US)
The B.C. Corporate Story (Bernadette Corporation, 1996, US)
Presenta (Yoshua Okón, 1998, Mexico)
Involuntary Reception (Kristin Lucas, 2000, US)
Trembling Time (Yael Bartana, 2001, Israel)
La Tombola (Ximena Cuevas, 2001, Mexico)
Still Life (Sam Taylor-Wood, 2001, UK)
My Sneakers (Michael Blum, 2001, Israel)
Mom and Me Watching Zoolander (Anne Walsh, 2002, US)
10 Minutes of Collective Activity (Sharon Hayes, 2003, US)
Baghdad in No Particular Order (Paul Chan, 2003, US)
Stoned & Dethroned (Slater Bradley, 2004, US)
30 Seconds Hate (Bryan Boyce, 2004, US)
Returning a Sound (Jennifer Allora/Guillermo Calzadilla, 2004, US)
Miranda July Videoworks: Volume 1 (Miranda July, 2005, US)