{"id":499,"date":"2016-02-13T21:09:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T21:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/?p=499"},"modified":"2016-02-14T18:49:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T18:49:29","slug":"bite-sized-blog-post-nina-menkes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/13\/bite-sized-blog-post-nina-menkes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bite-sized blog post: Nina Menkes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes.jpg\" data-src=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes.jpg\" data-thumb=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes-300x169.jpg\" class=\"ml-lightbox-enabled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-500 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Nina Menkes\" width=\"376\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes-630x355.jpg 630w, http:\/\/the2ndsexandthe7thart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Nina-Menkes.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">NINA MENKES studied film at UCLA where she first began collaborating with her sister\u00a0Tinka Menkes who served as her actress and muse on several projects. As a director she has worked in all areas of production, writing, editing, working camera and sound on her projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Menkes&#8217; films have been known to challenge the viewer (especially the male viewer) nonetheless\u00a0films including\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user46119052\" target=\"_blank\">Phantom Love<\/a><\/em> (2007), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0vInmqLEoWA\" target=\"_blank\">The Bloody Child<\/a> (1996) and <a href=\"http:\/\/ninamenkes.com\/2013\/01\/queen-of-diamonds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queen of Diamonds<\/a> (1991) \u00a0have found a home at mainstream festivals such as Sundance because of their boldness and craft. Sundance also embraced her New Media project <a href=\"http:\/\/ninamenkes.com\/2013\/01\/the-crazy-bloody-female-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Crazy Female Bloody Center<\/a>\u00a0(2000).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0More to add to this &#8220;bite-sized blog&#8221; &#8211; please send us a comment!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Where to watch her films:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandor.com\/filmmakers\/director-nina-menkes-3174\" target=\"_blank\">FANDOR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=Nina+Menkes\" target=\"_blank\">AMAZON (PRIME STREAMING)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=Nina+Menkes\" target=\"_blank\">AMAZON (DVDs\/BluRays for PURCHASE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user46119052\" target=\"_blank\">VIMEO<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Read more about her:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>ONLINE<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/menkesfilm\" target=\"_blank\">Find her on Twitter<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ninamenkes.com\/\">Nina Menkes Website<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/19\/movies\/retrospectives-of-the-filmmaker-nina-menkes.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">A Cinematic Sorceress of the Self<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-female-directors-fandors-fix-20150503-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fandor&#8217;s Fix gives female directors a vital platform<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bullettmedia.com\/article\/director-nina-menkes-on-knowledge-faith-and-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">Director Nina Menkes on Knowledge, Film and Faith<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nina_Menkes\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><strong><strong>FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"director-tt1668199\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>2010<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1668199\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1\">Dissolution<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0847510\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a02007<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0847510\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2\">Phantom Love<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0382175\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a02005<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0382175\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3\">Massacre<\/a> (Documentary) (co-director)<\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0115715\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01996<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0115715\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_4\">The Bloody Child<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0102740\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01991<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0102740\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5\">Queen of Diamonds<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0091459\" class=\"filmo-row even\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01986<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0091459\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_6\">Magdalena Viraga<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"director-tt0085621\" class=\"filmo-row odd\"><span class=\"year_column\">\u00a01983<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085621\/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_7\">The Great Sadness of Zohara<\/a> (Short documentary)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NINA MENKES studied film at UCLA where she first began collaborating with her sister\u00a0Tinka Menkes who served as her actress and muse on several projects. As a director she has worked in all areas of production, writing, editing, working camera and sound on her projects. 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