Movement Exercises

2017-2022 – 64min – Distributed by Video Data Bank

A feature-length trilogy of films by filmmaker-choreographer Sarah Friedland, Movement Exercises deconstructs and revises the choreographic vocabularies of exercises practiced across home, work, and school spaces. The trilogy consists of three short films: Home Exercises (2017), Drills (2020), and Trust Exercises (2022). Movement Exercises examines the premise and promise of the exercise: that by moving together, repeatedly, we both create and recreate the social body.


Director & Editor: Sarah Friedland
Produced by: Sarah Friedland & Gabe C. Elder
Cinematographer: Gabe C. Elder
Production Designer: Stephanie Osin Cohen