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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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."
- 1983
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk01983HD
A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway
- 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...
- 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...
- 2022
Evolver
Evolver02022HD
- 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....
- 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...
- 2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance02001HD
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.
- 1978
Quarry
Quarry01978HD
Monk’s meditation on WWII and recurring cycles of intolerance, fascism, and cruelty in history originated in 1976 as a live stage work...
- 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...
- 1979
16 Millimeter Earrings
16 Millimeter Earrings101979HD
A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...
- 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.
- 1987
Turtle Dreams
Turtle Dreams01987HD
Film by Robert Withers and Meredith Monk.
- 1970
Trees' Migration
Trees' Migration01970HD
The migration in Autumn, when the clouds carry the forests away...
- 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.
- 1982
Paris
Paris01982HD
A filming of Meredith Monk and Ping Chong's 1973 experimental theatre piece.