Praise from major figures in the field (Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Bruce Baillie, Yvonne Rainer, etc.) will also attract readers interested in avant-garde film. This title gives female perspective on cinema and human movement, but not in the usual area of feminism. Greenfield has come out of traditions (Kenneth Clark, Sergei Eisenstein) that embrace fundamental artistic strength, historic antecedents. Though she started in dance, all of Amy Greenfield’s films are deeply invested in cinematic language that has come out of traditions (Kenneth Clark, Sergei Eisenstein) that embrace fundamental artistic strength, historic antecedents. This book is an examination of forty years of films and video works by a woman focused on exploring the dynamism of movement as the voice of the human spirit.