Tinka Menkes

Tinka Menkes

Movies for Tinka Menkes...

Aves
Title: Aves
Character: Nun
Released: December 31, 1998
Type: Movie
A stop-motion menagerie of birds illuminate a nun’s spiritual ecstasy and terror in this experimental animated work set to the music of Christian mystic Hildegard von Bingen.
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The Bloody Child
Title: The Bloody Child
Released: October 26, 1996
Type: Movie
This film was inspired by a real event—a young US Marine, recently back from the Gulf War, was found digging a grave for his murdered wife in the middle of the California Mojave.
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Days of Pentecost
Title: Days of Pentecost
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Days of Pentecost is a feature-length drag action/adventure musical road movie. Inspired by Russ Meyer's 60's exploitation classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, wherein three busty go-go dancers revolt against patriarchal oppression under the hot desert sun.
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Queen of Diamonds
Title: Queen of Diamonds
Character: Firdaus
Released: October 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented interplay between repetition and repressed anger.
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Magdalena Viraga
Title: Magdalena Viraga
Released: May 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Story of A Red Sea Crossing. Shot in the bars and seedy hotels of East LA, this film is about the inner life of a prostitute imprisoned for killing her pimp.
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The Great Sadness of Zohara
Title: The Great Sadness of Zohara
Character: Zohara
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A young, orthodox Jewish woman is alienated from her Jerusalem community and drawn into the world of spirit.
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A Soft Warrior
Title: A Soft Warrior
Released: February 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Nina's first collaboration with her sister Tinka Menkes, the film documents, in a strange and beautiful way, a serious illness suffered by Tinka, and also expresses how art is a transformative response to life.