Nina Menkes

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Phantom Love
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Phantom Love

Jan. 19, 2007

Phantom Love

A surreal drama about an alienated family set in Koreatown, Los Angeles and Rishikesh, India.
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual ...
Dissolution
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Dissolution

Jul. 08, 2010

Dissolution

Hitparkut (Dissolution) combines an almost surreal fairy-tale energy with brutal black and white realism to explore the condition of violence ...
The Bloody Child
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The Bloody Child

Oct. 26, 1996

The Bloody Child

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 ...
Queen of Diamonds
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Queen of Diamonds

Oct. 11, 1991

Queen of Diamonds

Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. ...
Magdalena Viraga
6.2

Magdalena Viraga

May. 14, 1986

Magdalena Viraga

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 ...
The Great Sadness of Zohara
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The Great Sadness of Zohara

A young, orthodox Jewish woman is alienated from her Jerusalem community and drawn into the world of spirit.