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Directed by : Billy Shebar, David Roberts
Available Date : 11/25/2025
Release Year : 2025
Running Time : 94
UPC : 738329271794
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Subject : Performing Arts, Music
Genre : Documentary
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Available: Nov 25th 2025. Pre-orders are generally sent several days in advance of street date. Order may not be split.
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Description

Meredith Monk – composer, performer, and interdisciplinary artist – is one of the great artistic pioneers of our time, yet her profound cultural influence is largely unrecognized. With Monk’s music at its center, and featuring interviews with Björk and David Byrne, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic that mirrors the structure of Monk’s own work, and illuminates her wildly original vocabulary of sound and imagery.

Product Extras :
  • ARCHIVAL PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE (1973-2025) CURATED BY MEREDITH MONK
  • “Inspiration Board” (2023) and “Film A” from Indra’s Net (2024, Park Avenue Armory, NYC) 
  • “Gotham Lullaby” (1975 rehearsal at Bennington College)
  • “Panda Chant II” (1987, Inter-Media Art Center, Huntington, NY) 
  • “Return to Earth” (1991, World Financial Center, NYC)
  • “Click Song” (1995, Warsaw)
  • “Dinner Scene” and “Earthling Behavior” from Magic Frequencies (1998)
  • “Hips Dance” and “Walking Song” (2005, Oberlin College)
  • “Core Chant” from mercy (2002, UCLA)
  • “Last Song” and “Tokyo Cha-Cha” (2005, Joe’s Pub, NYC)
  • “Skeleton Lines” from impermanence  (2006, Brooklyn Academy of Music)
  • “Autumn” and “Vow” from Songs of Ascension (2008, Ann Hamilton’s Tower, Sonoma, CA)
  • “Other Worlds Revealed” and “Jew’s Harp” (2010, Ghent, Belgium)
  • “Ritual Zone” from On Behalf of Nature (2013, UCLA)
  • “Spaceship” and “Totentanz” (2023, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY)
  • Selections from Cellular Songs (2018, BAM, and 2019, UCLA)
  • “Insect Descending” (2020, live Zoom performance) 
  • “Night” final movement (2025, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC)
  • “The Tale” (1973-2023)
  • Theatrical Trailer
Publish Date : 2025-08-04

Cast

  • Billy Shebar - Director
  • David Roberts - Director
  • Meredith Monk - Herself
  • David Byrne - Himself
  • Björk - Herself

Press

For press and publicity inquiries, please email press@kinolorber.com. A selection of press materials for this title may be available for download here.