Meredith Monk's Ellis Island

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Title:
Meredith Monk's Ellis Island
Description:
This excerpt from Meredith Monk's haunting, reflective piece on Ellis Island and the immigrants who passed through there shows re-creations of the medical examinations the immigrants underwent and the conditions they lived through. The sequences were filmed in the run-down buildings of Ellis Island before restoration was started. Approximate date: 1981
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Frames of Reference
Subjects:
Monk, Meredith
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)
Emigration and immigration
Dance
Link to Item:
https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_7D5A9DF3EB544F87A63E7E7493BF12AE
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_7D5A9DF3EB544F87A63E7E7493BF12AE