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. This event has sold out
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