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Based on a true story, feminist filmmaker Nina Menkes’s The Bloody Child is a fragmented and cyclical meditation on the violent culture of war and the military.
A young US Marine, recently back from serving in the Gulf War, is found digging a hole in the middle of the Mojave Desert while his car, with his wife’s bloody and lifeless body inside, is found nearby. As a female officer (played by the director’s sister Tinka Menkes) oversees the investigation, the film delves into an exploration of the consequences of violence for those who serve in the military and for the people around them. (86 mins., 4K DCP)
The Bloody Child | Image courtesy of Arbelos Films
Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. An Arbelos Films release.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Cardinal Health Kaufman Development
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY The Wexner Family Greater Columbus Arts Council The Columbus Foundation Ohio Arts Council American Electric Power Foundation L Brands Foundation Adam Flatto Mary and C. Robert Kidder Bill and Sheila Lambert Institute of Museum and Library Services Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease Arlene and Michael Weiss
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Pete Scantland Axium Packaging Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Huntington Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano Russell and Joyce Gertmenian Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel Ron and Ann Pizzuti Joyce and Chuck Shenk Bruce and Joy Soll Clark and Sandra Swanson Jones Day
Past Film/Video
The Bloody Child
