Cynthia Madansky Movies

  • 2018
    Wilie and Brewsie

    Wilie and Brewsie

    Wilie and Brewsie

    02018HD

    Shot in the northeast United States landscape, Willie and Brewsie reflects on the contemporary resonances of the last novella written by Gertrude...

    Wilie and Brewsie
  • 2017
    ḤARĀM

    ḤARĀM

    ḤARĀM

    02017HD

    ḤARAM is an essay film portraying the urgent contemporary situation at the Haram Al Sharif/ Noble Sanctuary in the Old City of Jerusalem...

    ḤARĀM
  • 2012
    1+8

    1+8

    1+8

    52012HD

    1+8 is a film about Turkey’s unique position between West and East and her relationship to her eight very distinct and diverse neighbors. 1+8...

    1+8
  • 2021
    Flowers for LH

    Flowers for LH

    Flowers for LH

    02021HD

    Flowers for LH reflects on the last play written by Lorraine Hansberry entitled What Use Are Flowers?

    Flowers for LH
  • 2014
    Dear

    Dear

    Dear

    02014HD

    Dear features the interior world of two teenage Chinese girls in New York City, whose diary entries reveal their concerns related to growing up as...

    Dear
  • 2009
    Bubble

    Bubble

    Bubble

    02009HD

    Bubble is a short film performed by Zeena Parkins and the Plastic Girls, Eleanor Hullihan and Erin Cornell in a public park in Brooklyn, NY.

    Bubble
  • 2008
    Minot, North Dakota

    Minot, North Dakota

    Minot, North Dakota

    12008HD

    The town Minot is home to a U.S. Air Force base that guards 150 nuclear missiles buried in northern North Dakota. The weapons of mass destruction...

    Minot, North Dakota
  • 2019
    Esfir

    Esfir

    Esfir

    02019HD

    A contemporary interpretation of an unrealized script entitled Women, written by Soviet director Esfir Shub.

    Esfir
  • 2013
    1+8 Installation

    1+8 Installation

    1+8 Installation

    02013HD

    1+8 is a dynamic eight-screen video installation about Turkey and her eight neighbors based on the feature film of the same name directed by Cynthia...

    1+8 Installation
  • 2014
    If Not,

    If Not,

    If Not,

    02014HD

    If Not is a meditation on love, inspired by If Not, Winter by Sappho, translated by Anne Carson. Filmed in Ephesus and Brooklyn.

    If Not,
  • 2016
    VIVA ÁGUA

    VIVA ÁGUA

    VIVA ÁGUA

    02016HD

    VIVA ÁGUA is a meditation on the philosophical work entitled ÁGUA VIVA written by Clarice Lispector in 1973. The film reflects on...

    VIVA ÁGUA
  • 2001
    Ritual by Rote

    Ritual by Rote

    Ritual by Rote

    02001HD

    A super 8 projection which references the essay “On the Jewish Question” by Karl Marx.

    Ritual by Rote
  • 2005
    The PSA Project

    The PSA Project

    The PSA Project

    02005HD

    The PSA Project is a series of 15 videos that speak out against the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the act of war.

    The PSA Project