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
Notre Musique
Notre Musique6.72004HD
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...
- 2025
Monk in Pieces
Monk in Pieces102025HD
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade 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...
- 1987
Uncle Meat
Uncle Meat5.71987HD
This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
- 2023
Evolver
Evolver02023HD
- 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...
- 2021
Rotation
Rotation02021HD
Dancers rotate. Dancing shown from above. Black and white.
- 2021
Offering Shrine
Offering Shrine02021HD
A key, a strawberry, diamonds. Drawing on Meredith Monk's Buddhist practice, "Offering Shrine" is a meditation on human objects.
- 2019
Songs of Ascension
Songs of Ascension02019HD
A beguiling film from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.
- 2018
Hand Mandala
Hand Mandala02018HD
Five sets of hands form an ever-changing mandala.
- 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...
- 2016
Hand Reflection
Hand Reflection02016HD
Hands move in front of various surfaces.
- 2013
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 198002013HD
A rare and powerful solo performance by one of the most important and original artists in the world. Recorded in 1980 at a studio out on Long Island,...
- 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...
- 2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance02001HD
A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.