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The Tarot

The Tarot by Lynne Sachs
Super 8mm, color, silent, 3 min. 35 sec., 1983

At age 22, Lynne imagines her future through a tarot card reading on the Lower East Side of New York City. She invites her best friend to perform the starring role.

Screenings: School of Visual Arts (1983); Lynne Sachs Retrospective, DCTV, New York City (2024);  “Tarot – Origins & Afterlives”, Warburg Institute, curated by Will Fowler, Curator of Artists’ Moving Image at the British Film Institute, London (2025).

Ladies Wear

“Ladies Wear” by Lynne Sachs
Super 8mm film, color, silent, 3 min., 1983.
Filmed with my brother, Ira Sachs Jr., on the New York City subway.