In Legacy (2006), a thirteen-minute video projection of various words and phrases which relate to the African-American experience, Hassinger collapses present-day perceptions with a critical eye on the past history. - Shannon Egan

This is the story of my Father’s family. All the past washes downriver, leaving debris as in the wake of a terrible flood.

Part 1 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Diaries" documents daily activity.

In Daily Mask (2004), Hassinger embodies the narrator caught behind the minstrel's (a racist cultural stereotype) mask. - LeRonn P. Brooks

Part 2 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Lives" documents how mothers and their children move similarly.

Part 3 of a trio of pieces titled Lives. "Vanities" was performed for the camera.

An impromptu choreography of housework, including rhythmic sweeping, dancing, moving around with plastic bags filled with clothing, and demonstrating a piece of art made of paper. - Lowery Stokes Sims and Archives of American Art finding aid.