At Jack Smith’s 1989 memorial service, director Rachel Amodeo and a group of friends put together a germ of an idea for WHAT ABOUT ME, her black-and-white, 16 mm, cinema vérité starring Amodeo as Lisa Napolitano, a homeless outcast who crosses paths—some of them through Tompkins Square Park—with Richard Edson, Nick Zedd, and Richard Hell.

With music by Johnny Thunders, this essential downtown document screens twice as part of MoMA’s CLUB 57 exhibition.

 

WHAT ABOUT ME

Wednesday, December 27, at 7 pm. Introduction by Rachel Amodeo.

Monday, January 1, at 7 pm.

Museum of Modern Art

11 West 53rd Street, New York City

Above: Rachel Amodeo in What About Me (1989–93).

Below: Nick Zedd (left), Richard Edson, and Amodeo. Images courtesy of the filmmaker.