Ellis Island [videorecording] / conceived and directed by Meredith Monk ; produced and co-directed by Robert Rosen. [1981 or 1982]

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Ellis Island [videorecording] / conceived and directed by Meredith Monk ; produced and co-directed by Robert Rosen. [1981 or 1982]

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Monk combines documentary, fiction, dance, and experimental modes in this haunting reflection on Ellis Island as a site of pain and hope for immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century. The piece poetically evokes the ordeals immigrants faced as they moved through the clinics, classrooms, and waiting rooms that make up this landscape of memory. An ethereal soundtrack composed primarily of chanting adds to the reflective mood of the work.

1 videocassette (U-Matic) (28 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 3/4 in. original (2 copies)

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