minute non-linear narrative film Cinderella (1986), in which the fairy tale character becomes part of a game as a metaphor for society's restrictions on women. The film starred Gigi Kalweit and Mike Kelley; Brooke Halpin composed the music, with vocals by Katy Cavanaugh. Beckman's later films include Switch Center (2003), which was shot in Hungary in an abandoned water purification plant. The film's mostly male characters move in choreographed constant motion as they interact with their industrial environment, referencing the compromised history of Soviet-style collectivism. Like other Pictures Generation artists, Beckman's films focus on the ways in which stereotypes shape an individual's self-image, revealing their origin in a generation raised on mass media. The kinetic movements of the actors are based on the "task-oriented" choreography of Lucinda Childs and Trisha Brown. Beckman's work has been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Beckman's films Cinderella (1986) and You the Better (1983) were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017 and 2019, respectively. References 1951 births Living people Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni American women film directors American experimental filmmakers Women experimental filmmakers