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Ellis Island [videorecording] / a film by Meredith Monk ; [produced by] Greenwich Film Associates and WGBH, Boston.

The visual images of this film, basically without dialogue, become a poetic evocation of the immigrants and the ordeals they faced while waiting at Ellis Island to enter the United States at the beginning of the century.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Greenwich Film Associates, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Other Authors:	Monk, Meredith (Director, Composer)
Other title:	Alive from off center (Television program)
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	St. Paul, MN : KTCA/Video, ©1987.
Subjects:	Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) United States > Emigration and immigration.

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Summary:	The visual images of this film, basically without dialogue, become a poetic evocation of the immigrants and the ordeals they faced while waiting at Ellis Island to enter the United States at the beginning of the century.
Item Description:	Originally broadcast on the PBS television series, Alive from off center, #309.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (VHS) (28 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Production Credits:	Conceived and directed by Meredith Monk ; produced and directed by Bob Rosen ; photography by Jerry Pantzer ; music, Meredith Monk ; prologue written and directed by Laurie Anderson ; director of photography, Ed Marritz ; producer, Niles Siegel.