Tinka Menkes
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Days of Pentecost
1995-01-01
Days of Pentecost
Overview: 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.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Queen of Diamonds
1991-10-11
Queen of Diamonds
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-11
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The Great Sadness of Zohara
1983-01-01
The Great Sadness of Zohara
Overview: A young, orthodox Jewish woman is alienated from her Jerusalem community and drawn into the world of spirit.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Magdalena Viraga
1986-05-14
Magdalena Viraga
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-14
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The Bloody Child
1996-10-26
The Bloody Child
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-26
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Aves
1998-12-31
Aves
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-31
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A Soft Warrior
1981-02-01
A Soft Warrior
Overview: 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.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-01
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