Beth B

Following her divorce from Scott, Beth B continued to make experimental films that were dominated by themes of sexual repression and violence and examined the psychology of those in authority. She occasionally has collaborated with her mother, the esteemed artist and MacArthur "genius" Ida Appelbroog, on such efforts as "Belladonna" (1989) and "Stigmata" (1991). "Two Small Bodies" (1993), shot for $1,000,000, featured a dark narrative involving the death of two children and a bundle of nasty, erotic tension between the leads (Fred Ward and Suzy Amis). Around the same time, Beth B held an exhibition of her video work at the International Center of Photography entitled "Under Lock and Key," featuring footage of real-life abuse survivor testimonials and an actor mouthing selected quotes from cannibalistic serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.In 1996, she made the intriguing, if not wholly satisfying, documentary "Visiting Desire" which opens with observations from professional therapists followed by footage of ordinary people sharing their sexual fantasies and intimate feelings on camera. "Voices Unheard" (1997) was a nonfiction film that examined patterns of intergenerational abuse and violence as evidenced by a group of juvenile sex offenders (ages 13 to 18) living in America's heartland. Beth B continued on the same theme by turning her cameras on a trio of Vietnam veterans returning to Southeast Asia with their grown children in "Breathe In/Breathe Out," which was screened at both Rotterdam and Berlin in 2000 and premiered in NYC in 2001.