THU MARCH 17, 2022 10:00 PM QUEEN OF DIAMONDS $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Nina Menkes Retrospective New Restoration! Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM QUEEN OF DIAMONDS follows the alienated life of Firdaus (Tinka Menkes), a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented but hypnotic interplay between repetition and repressed anger. Shot with a beautiful compositional rigor echoing Chantal Akerman’s JEANNE DIELMAN, QUEEN OF DIAMONDS is a remarkable and demanding masterpiece of American independent filmmaking. New restoration by The Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Arbelos Films VIEW SERIES