Directing
Jamie Walters
Acting credits
A parody of American domestic and political life. Barbara Walters interviews Joan Kennedy. Assuming a reconciliation with Ted this acerbic farce casts alcoholic, manic depressive Joan Kennedy as First Lady.
First Lady Joan
1980
A now-defunct Washington, D.C. after-hours gay bar is used as the setting for hell.
Desk in Hell
1982
A parody of American domestic and political life. Marge Jones, a B-movie actress, is plagued by creditors and blackmail. She returns to her hometown, Zanesville, Ohio, to raise her two children and save herself.
A Family All Together
1980
A parody of American domestic and political life. Barbara Walters interviews Joan Kennedy. Assuming a reconciliation with Ted, this acerbic farce casts alcoholic, manic depressive Joan Kennedy as First Lady. First part of "A Kennedy Trilogy."
First Lady Joan (The Remake)
1982
In this abrasive concluding segment of "A Kennedy Trilogy," Joan returns to the White House after hospital treatment.
Joan Comes Home
1982
A sequel to A FAMILY ALL TOGETHER.
A Family Five Years Later
1982
Behind the camera
The poet vanishes and only his voice remains. He is replaced, as Walters describes it, by a "visual realization" of the poem's themes of spies, secret codes and lurking violence.
Under Suspicion
1984
A parody of American domestic and political life. Barbara Walters interviews Joan Kennedy. Assuming a reconciliation with Ted this acerbic farce casts alcoholic, manic depressive Joan Kennedy as First Lady.
First Lady Joan
1980
A parody of American domestic and political life. Marge Jones, a B-movie actress, is plagued by creditors and blackmail. She returns to her hometown, Zanesville, Ohio, to raise her two children and save herself.
A Family All Together
1980
A parody of American domestic and political life. Marge Jones, a B-movie actress, is plagued by creditors and blackmail. She returns to her hometown, Zanesville, Ohio, to raise her two children and save herself.
A Family All Together
1980
Louise Nevelson is here portrayed as a droll transvestite. The sculptor discusses her life and perspectives on her work.
Louise Nevelson Takes a Bath
1983
Louise Nevelson is here portrayed as a droll transvestite. The sculptor discusses her life and perspectives on her work.
Louise Nevelson Takes a Bath
1983
A parody of American domestic and political life. Barbara Walters interviews Joan Kennedy. Assuming a reconciliation with Ted, this acerbic farce casts alcoholic, manic depressive Joan Kennedy as First Lady. First part of "A Kennedy Trilogy."
First Lady Joan (The Remake)
1982
In this abrasive concluding segment of "A Kennedy Trilogy," Joan returns to the White House after hospital treatment.
Joan Comes Home
1982
Gaver is an actor rather than a reciter and pulls the "text" out of a gold-leaf skull, folds it into an airplane and then tosses it over and over. Scenes of newspaper production and World War II propaganda footage are intercut with this main action, echoing visually the rhythms of the poem.
Fresh Out of Ideas
1984
Documents the innovative ways in which Washington writer/poet Chasen Gaver uses movement, percussion and other performance elements to enhance the delivery of verse. He uses this form of poetry to raise questions about our society, encourage cross-cultural awareness and make us reflect on contemporary issues.
Beat: The Performance Poetry of Chasen Gaver
1988
Documents the innovative ways in which Washington writer/poet Chasen Gaver uses movement, percussion and other performance elements to enhance the delivery of verse. He uses this form of poetry to raise questions about our society, encourage cross-cultural awareness and make us reflect on contemporary issues.
Beat: The Performance Poetry of Chasen Gaver
1988
“Exploration of the themes of human alienation through technology.”
Thru the CRT
1984
A reasonable opinion of our times, this is our strongest political statement this year.
Gloria's Point of View
1984
A spoof on Jacqueline Onassis's possible telephone response to First Lady Joan. Second segment of "A Kennedy Trilogy."
Jackie Strikes Back
1982
A sequel to A FAMILY ALL TOGETHER.
A Family Five Years Later
1982
A sequel to A FAMILY ALL TOGETHER.
A Family Five Years Later
1982
