Meredith Monk Movies

  • 2018
    Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

    Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

    Feminists: What Were They Thinking?

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    In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full...

    Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
  • 2004
    Our Music

    Our Music

    Our Music

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    A three-chapter (Hell, Purgatory and Paradise) meditation on the city of Sarajevo in the wake of the Bosnian war, on Palestine and Israel, and on war...

    Our Music
  • 1987
    Uncle Meat

    Uncle Meat

    Uncle Meat

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    This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."

    Uncle Meat
  • 1980
    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

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    Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
  • 1989
    Book of Days

    Book of Days

    Book of Days

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    This film is a rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective. When the plague afflicts a village, this...

    Book of Days
  • 1979
    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds

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    After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pursuit of the American dream met in New York City....

    Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
  • 1993
    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

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    The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
  • 2023
    Evolver

    Evolver

    Evolver

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    Evolver
  • 1968
    Ball Bearing

    Ball Bearing

    Ball Bearing

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    Early 16mm film by Meredith Monk also presented as an installation piece to play continuously forward and backward for an unrestricted time period.

    Ball Bearing
  • 2009
    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

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    The filmmaker, fighting ovarian cancer, stage 3, returns to her experimental roots, in a multilayered film of numerous chemotherapy sessions with...

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
  • 1969
    Institutional Quality

    Institutional Quality

    Institutional Quality

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    Constructed around a found soundtrack in which a strict female voice delivers a test of perception and comprehension, Institutional Quality’s...

    Institutional Quality
  • 2001
    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

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    A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
  • 1988
    Pearls

    Pearls

    Pearls

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    With minimal tools and the limitation of a single image of a woman’s head a set of pearls activates a woman’s inner drive expressing...

    Pearls
  • 1981
    Ellis Island

    Ellis Island

    Ellis Island

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    Meredith Monk's "Ellis Island" is a haunting, reflective piece on Ellis Island and the immigrants who passed through there.

    Ellis Island
  • 1978
    Quarry

    Quarry

    Quarry

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    Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work...

    Quarry
  • 1983
    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

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    Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her...

    Turtle Dreams
  • 1970
    Trees' Migration

    Trees' Migration

    Trees' Migration

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    The migration in Autumn, when the clouds carry the forests away...

    Trees' Migration
  • 1982
    Paris

    Paris

    Paris

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    A filming of Meredith Monk and Ping Chong's 1973 experimental theatre piece.

    Paris
  • 1994
    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk

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    Profile of choreographer, composer and performer Meredith Monk, recorded on location in her home base, New York City. Monk discusses some ideas...

    Meredith Monk
  • 1987
    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    01987HD

    Film by Robert Withers and Meredith Monk.

    Turtle Dreams