Catherine Gund

Catherine Gund
Born	Catherine Gund Saalfield 1965 Geelong, Australia
Nationality	American

Catherine Gund (born Catherine Gund Saalfield; 1965, Geelong, Australia)^[1] is a film director and producer, as well as a community organizer.^[2]

Career

"Her media work focuses on the arts, LGBT issues, the environment, and other social justice issues."^[3] In 1996, she founded Aubin Pictures, a nonprofit media production company.^[4] Aubin Pictures' recent productions include BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity^[3] (formerly "How to Become an Extreme Action Hero") about the life and work of choreographer Elizabeth Streb and What’s On Your Plate?, a documentary directed by Gund and two eleven-year-old girls about healthy, sustainable eating from a kid's perspective, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival ^[5] and was featured in the Discovery Channel's Planet Green. ^[6] Three of Aubin Pictures' previous productions, Motherland Afghanistan, Positive: Life with HIV, and A Touch of Greatness were broadcast on PBS Independent Lens. ^[7][8] A Touch of Greatness, a documentary about the revolutionary teaching practices of elementary school teacher Albert Cullum, was nominated for an Emmy as a result of this broadcast. The film also won best documentary awards at Hamptons International Film Festival. Other works from Gund and Aubin Pictures are Making Grace; ^[9] On Hostile Ground, which was broadcast on the Sundance Channel;^[10][11] Object Lessons ; and Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance about controversial and iconoclastic performance artist Ron Athey.^[12] Before founding Aubin Pictures, Gund was a member of the activist video collectives DIVA TV (co-founder) and Paper Tiger Television, as a part of the ACT UP movement in New York City.^{[13] [14]} Much of her early video work from this time is held at the New York Public Library as a part of their AIDS Activist Videotape Collection. Her documents and videos have been featured in numerous films, including How to Survive a Plague", United in Anger, and the 2012 documentary Koch.

Gund is also a founding member of the Third Wave Foundation, an organization focused on supporting the activities of young feminist activists. She currently serves on the board of a number of arts and social justice organizations, including Art Matters and The George Gund Foundation.^[15]

Filmography

• BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity (2014)
• What's On Your Plate? (2009)

• Motherland Afghanistan (2006)

• Making Grace (2004)
• Touch of Greatness (2004)

• On Hostile Ground (2000)

• Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance (1998)

Selected Bibliography

• "There are Many Ways to Say Hallelujah" in Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey (2013)^[16]
• What’s On Your Plate? Kids And Their Families Talk About What They Eat, Where It Comes From and Why That Matters, with Mary Jeys and Cassie Wagler (2011)
• "The Education of Young Donors is a Two-Way Street," in "The Chronicle of Philanthropy" (1999)^[17]
• "Lucky," with Scot Nakagawa in Queerly Classed, ed. Susan Raffo (1997)^[18]
• “Memorials” in Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the Epidemic, ed. Raymond A. Smith (1997)

• “Till Death Do Us Part” in Generation Q: Inheriting Stonewall, eds. Seth Silberman and Robin Bernstein (1996)^[19]
• “Lesbian Marriage... (K)not!” in Sisters, Sexperts, Queers: Beyond the Lesbian Nation, ed. Arlene Stein, Plume (1993, reprinted from OUTWEEK #13, 1989)^[20]
• “Shocking Pink Praxis: Race and Gender on the ACT UP Frontlines,” with Ray Navarro, in Inside/Out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories, ed. Diana Fuss (1991)^[21]
• Women, AIDS and Activism, The ACT UP Women’s Book Collective (co-author) (1990)

References