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Pixelvision is a childen's camera put out by Fischer-Price.  It has limited
capabilities, but some video makers have liked the grainy, textured images
it produces.  Sadie Benning is a young filmmaker who, at age 15 or so, began
using a Pixelvision her father had given her for Christmas to make intimate,
highly personal films about herself, her life, and her experience coming out
as lesbian.  The early films are charming, but as Benning gets more and  more
adept with the Pixelvision they become quite profound, quite moving.  There
was a brief piece on Pixelvisions in the Village Voice a year or two ago, and
articles about Benning's work usually mention it.
 
Gayle Wald
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