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Nina Menkes is an independent filmmaker. [1] : 202 [2] : 82 Her films include The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996), "Massacre (Massaker)" (2005), Phantom Love (2007), Dissolution (2010), and Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022).
Nina Menkes synthesizes inner dream-worlds with harsh, outer realities. She has been called “brilliant, one of the most provocative artists in film today” by the Los Angeles Times and her body of work was described as “controversial, intense and visually stunning” by Sight and Sound.
Nina Menkes is a cinematic feminist pioneer and one of America's foremost independent filmmakers. She has made provocative and visually stunning films that explore trauma, alienation, and power, such as Brainwashed, Phantom Love, and Queen of Diamonds.
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Nov 29, 2022 · Nina Menkes is a filmmaker whose works radically synthesize inner dream worlds with brutal outer realities. Her films have screened at major international film festivals, including Sundance, the Berlinale, Locarno, and Toronto.
Considered a cinematic feminist pioneer and one of America’s foremost independent filmmakers, Nina Menkes has shown widely in major international film festivals including multiple premieres at Sundance, the Berlinale, Cannes (ACID), Rotterdam, Locarno, Toronto, The New York Film Festival, La Cinematheque Francaise, British Film Institute ...
May 2, 2023 · Nina Menkes. A self-described witch, Menkes channels her sorcery to create worlds that feel both true to reality but also like dream states. They incorporate found texts, eerie voiceovers and unflinchingly long takes that adhere to atmosphere rather than plot point or logic.
May 5, 2023 · Nina Menkes has made a long career — 40 years and counting — of not only making films, but deconstructing them through a radically feminist perspective on cinema, starting with her inversion of the Campbellian hero myth in The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), and carried through her seven subsequent features, including the ...
