Mary Filippo

In the last twenty years Mary Filippo has made four, short, painstakingly crafted, experimental films. Thematically, all of her films situate the filmmaker in the contradictions and social injustices of our culture.
The Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow does so most openly. Mary uses humor in her work to engage and
move the viewer on a journey through a very serious subject: the intersection of personal and political.

Filippo first studied filmmaking with the Marjorie Keller at the University of Rhode Island and then went to the Art Institute of Chicago where she took classes with George Landow, P. Adams Sitney and B. Ruby Rich. She lived in NYC for many years, where she made most of her films. She currently lives in Rhode Island and teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art.

Other films by Filippo: Who Do You Think You Are (1987), Piece o' Mind (1983), A World of Reflection (1981), Big Things Move Slowly While Others Are Simply Repeated (1980), I'm In Heaven (1978)

The Trickle Down Theory of Sorrow
A film by Mary Filippo, 2002, 15 min., Color
Veteran experimental filmmaker Mary Filippo tackles issues of work, class and gender roles in this visually captivating and provocative autobiographic...