From the Archives of Modern Art

In this work of documentary fiction, an archivist attempts to put together the "lost years" of Eleanor Antinova, the once-celebrated black ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, when she returned to her native America to eke out a meager living in vaudeville and early cinema. Eleanor Antin uses fictional characters, autobiography, and narrative to invent histories and explore what she calls "the slippery nature of the self".

Genre:

Comedy, Documentary, Music

Duration:

18 min

Actor:

Eleanor Antin, Phil Orlando

Quality:

HD

Director:

Eleanor Antin

Release:

1987

IMDb:

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