Meredith Monk Movies
- 2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?7.72018HD
In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full...
- 2004
Our Music
Our Music6.72004HD
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...
- 1981
Ellis Island
Ellis Island5.81981HD
Meredith Monk's "Ellis Island" is a haunting, reflective piece on Ellis Island and the immigrants who passed through there.
- 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 Oliveros01993HD
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...
- 2023
Evolver
Evolver02023HD
- 1979
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds6.51979HD
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....
- 1987
Uncle Meat
Uncle Meat5.21987HD
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."
- 1980
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers01980HD
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...
- 1989
Book of Days
Book of Days8.31989HD
This film is a rich and haunting reinvention of medieval life that never loses its contemporary perspective. When the plague afflicts a village, this...
- 1970
Trees' Migration
Trees' Migration01970HD
The migration in Autumn, when the clouds carry the forests away...
- 1968
Ball Bearing
Ball Bearing01968HD
Early 16mm film by Meredith Monk also presented as an installation piece to play continuously forward and backward for an unrestricted time period.
- 1983
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk01983HD
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway
- 1969
Institutional Quality
Institutional Quality61969HD
Constructed around a found soundtrack in which a strict female voice delivers a test of perception and comprehension, Institutional Quality’s...
- 1994
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk01994HD
Profile of choreographer, composer and performer Meredith Monk, recorded on location in her home base, New York City. Monk discusses some ideas...
- 2009
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor52009HD
The filmmaker, fighting ovarian cancer, stage 3, returns to her experimental roots, in a multilayered film of numerous chemotherapy sessions with...
- 1988
Pearls
Pearls01988HD
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...
- 1983
Turtle Dreams
Turtle Dreams01983HD
Turtle Dreams, produced for WGBH-TV, originally aired September 2, 1983. Shot by Ping Chong. Composed by Meredith Monk, performed by her and her...
- 2019
Songs of Ascension
Songs of Ascension02019HD
A beguiling short from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.
- 2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance02001HD
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
- 1982
Paris
Paris01982HD
A filming of Meredith Monk and Ping Chong's 1973 experimental theatre piece.