Jem Cohen: Early Works Anthology  01:15:00  This compilation features several of Cohen's pieces from the late 1980s and early 1990s: a paean to both the physical and mental aspects of the New York City landscape, an exploration of cinematic genres from narrative to music video, a sensual and romantic portrait of swimmers at a water hole, and a sound and image piece inspired by a telephone confession line. Total running time 1:15:00.

Black Hole Radio   Jem Cohen 00:08:00 b/w/c 1992 Through a telephone call-in line, anonymous callers phoned in confessions of adultery, theft, and regret. The soundtrack was composed from a collection of these calls—ghosts spun through phone wires and televisions. Soundtrack: Jem Cohen with Ian MacKaye. Drink Deep   Jem Cohen 00:10:00 b/w/c 1991 Made primarily from footage shot of skinnydippers in rural Georgia and Pennsylvania swimming holes. Surface, flow, and undertow. Water, memory and stories just submerged. The piece is both unabashedly and deceptively romantic. Just Hold Still   Jem Cohen 00:31:50 b/w/c 1989 Just Hold Still is an interconnected series of short works and collaborations that explore the gray area between documentary, narrative, and experimental genres. Includes: Never Change (with Blake Nelson), 4:44 (From Her House Home), Love Teller (with Ben Katchor), Light Years, Glue Man (with Fugazi), Talk About the Passion (with R.E.M.), Cityfilms Collect. Where documentary collides. Music video as Independent Film. Birds as Punctuation. Best Experimental Film, Baltimore Film Forum, 1990 Best Poetry Video, 14th Atlanta Film and Video Festival Gold Medal Award, 1991 Charlotte Film and Video Festival Deutscher Videokunstpreis 1994. (Glueman). This is a History of New York   Jem Cohen 00:22:36 b/w 1988 "The richness of Cohen's vision is found in his haunting imagery and the perception that the thriving city of New York is really the accumulation of humanity's failures, as well as its triumphs." —Steve Seid, Seduced and Abandoned: The Homeless Video by Sachiko Hamada & Scott Sinkler and Jem Cohen (Berkeley: Pacific Film Archive, 1989) "Best of Fest" and Best Experimental Film, Baltimore Film Forum, 1989 First Place in the Experimental Category, 2nd Annual New York Independent Film and Video Exposition, 1988 First Prize, Mediamix 1990 U.S. Super 8mm Festival, Rutgers College, New Jersey