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Tinka Menkes. Actress: Queen of Diamonds. Tinka Menkes is known for Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996) and Days of the Pentecost (1995).
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Nina Menkes' sister Tinka appears as an actress in many of them. Menkes teaches at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California. She has donated copies of several of her works to the Academy Film Archive.
May 2, 2023 · Tinka stars as the marine sergeant investigating the brutal case of a marine who has allegedly murdered his wife. It juxtaposes fragments of events leading up to the crime with the grim interrogation of the suspect, culminating in a visceral meditation on the ambiguity of violence.
Queen of Diamonds is a 1991 American independent drama film directed by Nina Menkes, starring her sister Tinka Menkes.
For many years, Menkes worked closely with her sister Tinka Menkes, who was both her actress and creative collaborator, and Nina credits Tinka for many of the key radical aspects of their work. Menkes was one of the first women to present a feature film at the Sundance Film Festival ( QUEEN OF DIAMONDS , 1991 in dramatic competition).
Actress: Queen of Diamonds. Tinka Menkes is known for Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996) and Days of the Pentecost (1995).
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May 10, 2023 · A punk cipher of feminine rage and resistance, and a defiant performer with an astounding physical presence, Tinka is the magnetic centre of Menkes’s early films through to The Bloody Child (1996).
