Artist in Person Strand in her films not only recurringly speaks of the body, but in her gestural and close camera style, her relationship to her subjects, and her non-linear film structure, she seems to speak from the body as well. Sensuality is often offered as a liberating and life-affirming force. Films such as Kristallnacht (1979, 7 mins, B&W), "dedicated to the tenacity of the human spirit," and Fever Dream (1979, 7 mins, B&W), "a wet hot dream about sensuality" (CS), contain some of Strand's most exquisitely beautiful images, while Cartoon Le Mousse (1979, 15 mins, B&W) is a found-footage "reenactment of defective facsimiles and counterfeits" to which the sensuous finale is opposed. Soft Fiction (1979, 54 mins, B&W) is one of Strand's most remarkable films exploring female sensuality, strength and transformation. The title, says critic Marsha Kinder, "evokes the soft line between truth and fiction that characterizes Strand's own approach to documentary, and suggests the idea of softcore fiction, which is appropriate to the film's erotic content and style. It's rare to find an erotic film with a female perspective dominating both the narrative discourse and the visual and aural rhythm with which the film is structured. Strand continues to celebrate in her brilliant, innovative personal documentaries her theme, the reaffirmation of the tough resilience of the human spirit."-Irina Leimbacher