Meredith Monk Movies

Not to be confused with her longer film from 1981, this is an earlier film about Ellis Island made by Meredith Monk.

Like gnomes, dancers emerge from and hide again behind boulders. Not to be confused with Meredith Monk's 1978 opera of the same name.

Children play. First shown normally, then shown in reverse.

Various faces are shown in close up.

Not to be confused with Robert Withers's 1979 "16 Millimeter Earrings" which builds upon this work, Meredith Monk's 1966 "16 Millimeter Earrings" is...

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

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

Film by Robert Withers and Meredith Monk.

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...

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

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

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

‘Mark Berger’s years of work as a representational painting can be found here, in this film portrait. Mark Berger was an actor in the...

A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

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

A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway