Poster of Backyard Economy 1

Backyard Economy 1

Plot: Set in the arch-American "home movie" context of a sunny suburban yard, Rosler's early Super-8 film Backyard Economy I documents the products of mundane domestic chores. Silently depicting scenes of laundry hanging out to dry in a suburban backyard, Rosler points up the labor that allows leisure and interrogates its underlying "economy
Release Date: Thursday, September 5 1974
50 years ago
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Portrait of Martha RoslerMartha Rosler
Martha Rosler was
31 in Backyard Economy 1
as 'Director'
Thu, Jul 29 1943