Meredith Monk Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

Hands move in front of various surfaces.

Various faces are shown in close up.

A key, a strawberry, diamonds. Drawing on Meredith Monk's Buddhist practice, "Offering Shrine" is a meditation on human objects.

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