Meredith Monk Movies

  • 1975
    Quarry

    Quarry

    Quarry

    01975HD

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

    Quarry
  • 1987
    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    01987HD

    Film by Robert Withers and Meredith Monk.

    Turtle Dreams
  • 1995
    Meredith

    Meredith

    Meredith

    01995HD

    A documentary on Meredith Monk, a composer, singer, director/choreographer, and creator of new opera, music theater works, films, and installations....

    Meredith
  • 1998
    Uhri - elokuva metsästä

    Uhri - elokuva metsästä

    Uhri - elokuva metsästä

    01998HD

    The film is both a folkloric film and a social documentary about the Selkupi people who live in Siberia and make their living from hunting and...

    Uhri - elokuva metsästä
  • 1994
    Faces

    Faces

    Faces

    01994HD

    Various faces are shown in close up.

    Faces
  • 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 Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    01993HD

    The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
  • 1968
    Ball Bearing

    Ball Bearing

    Ball Bearing

    01968HD

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

    Ball Bearing
  • 1994
    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk

    Meredith Monk

    01994HD

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

    Meredith Monk
  • 1983
    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk

    01983HD

    A television documentary produced for British Television directed by Peter Greenaway

    Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
  • 2023
    Evolver

    Evolver

    Evolver

    02023HD

    Evolver is a collective virtual reality experience which drops audiences deep inside the landscape of the body, following the flow of oxygen through...

    Evolver
  • 2009
    Trees' Migration

    Trees' Migration

    Trees' Migration

    02009HD

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

    Trees' Migration
  • 1987
    Uncle Meat

    Uncle Meat

    Uncle Meat

    6.31987HD

    This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."

    Uncle Meat
  • 2001
    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    102001HD

    A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
  • 1974
    A portrait of Meredith Monk

    A portrait of Meredith Monk

    A portrait of Meredith Monk

    01974HD

    ‘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 portrait of Meredith Monk
  • 1966
    16 Millimeter Earrings

    16 Millimeter Earrings

    16 Millimeter Earrings

    01966HD

    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...

    16 Millimeter Earrings
  • 2009
    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    52009HD

    The filmmaker, fighting ovarian cancer, stage 3, returns to her experimental roots, in a multilayered film of numerous chemotherapy sessions with...

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
  • 1979
    16 Millimeter Earrings

    16 Millimeter Earrings

    16 Millimeter Earrings

    101979HD

    A re-creation for film of Meredith Monk's seminal dance/theater work incorporating film and original music, voice, guitar, and audiotapes. Originally...

    16 Millimeter Earrings
  • 2019
    Songs of Ascension

    Songs of Ascension

    Songs of Ascension

    02019HD

    A beguiling film from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.

    Songs of Ascension