Now Available: New 16mm Preservation Print of Carolee Schneemann’s Plumb Line

Posted January 29th, 2026 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

Plumb Line (1972, 18 minutes, color, sound, 16mm)

Breaking down, splitting apart, burning up: a relationship and the film itself. Edited from scrap diary footage shot in 8mm, hand printed as 16mm. PLUMB LINE is a moving and powerful subjective chronicle of the breaking up of a love relationship. The film is a devastating exorcism, as the viewer sees and hears the film approximate the interior memory of the experience.

Preserved through the National Film Preservations Foundation’s Avant-Garde Masters Grant program and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Additional support for the new prints provided by Electronic Arts Intermix and Anthology Film Archives.