Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Film and Media Studies
First Advisor
Reiko Tahara
Second Advisor
Andrew Demirjian
Academic Program Adviser
Andrew Lund
Abstract
The I Need More Time Machine imagines alternatives to gendered overwork and exhaustion. Incorporating animation and the interviews of twelve NYC-based female and nonbinary artists who are caretakers and full-time workers, the film dwells in spaces of fatigue and repetition — from the vantage point of commuting — then draws on forgotten feminist and utopian housing blueprints to create science fiction-inspired, fantasy-imbued sites for gendered flourishing. The animated fantasy segments imagine elastic time, deep rest, experiments in collaboration, and liberating feminist spatial possibilities
Recommended Citation
Schulz, Suzanne L., "The I Need More Time Machine" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1545
