Meredith Monk Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1994
    Faces

    Faces

    Faces

    01994HD

    Various faces are shown in close up.

    Faces
  • 1988
    Pearls

    Pearls

    Pearls

    01988HD

    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...

    Pearls
  • 2009
    Meredith Monk: Inner Voice

    Meredith Monk: Inner Voice

    Meredith Monk: Inner Voice

    02009HD

    Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director, choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater, films and installations. She has been...

    Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
  • 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
  • 1987
    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    Turtle Dreams

    01987HD

    Film by Robert Withers and Meredith Monk.

    Turtle Dreams
  • 1969
    Institutional Quality

    Institutional Quality

    Institutional Quality

    61969HD

    Constructed around a found soundtrack in which a strict female voice delivers a test of perception and comprehension, Institutional Quality’s...

    Institutional Quality
  • 2021
    Rotation

    Rotation

    Rotation

    02021HD

    Dancers rotate. Dancing shown from above. Black and white.

    Rotation
  • 2016
    Hand Reflection

    Hand Reflection

    Hand Reflection

    02016HD

    Hands move in front of various surfaces.

    Hand Reflection
  • 2013
    Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980

    Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980

    Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980

    02013HD

    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,...

    Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
  • 1970
    Trees' Migration

    Trees' Migration

    Trees' Migration

    01970HD

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

    Trees' Migration
  • 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
  • 2018
    Hand Mandala

    Hand Mandala

    Hand Mandala

    02018HD

    Five sets of hands form an ever-changing mandala.

    Hand Mandala