Event time:
Thursday, February 19, 2026 - 7:00pm
Location:
Humanities Quadrangle, L01
320 York Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Event description:
Yale Film Archive: Meredith Monk at the Movies Film Series
Book of Days | digital | 1989 | Directed by Meredith Monk | 75 mins
16 Millimeter Earrings | digital | 16mm | 1979 | Directed by Robert S. Withers | 25 mins
In Book of Days, Meredith Monk’s visionary meditation on ritual and renewal, a young Jewish girl experiences visions of the 20th century while her medieval plague town descends into xenophobic violence. Presented with the preservation premiere of the performance film 16 Millimeter Earrings, which captures Monk’s unique synthesis of voice, movement, and design. Introduction by Isaac Jean-François. Digital file from the House Foundation for the Arts, 16mm print from the Yale Film Archive.