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From the Archives of Modern Art

0% | Jan 01, 1987 | Comedy, Documentary, Music

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".

Featured Crew

Lynn Burnstan
Production Manager
Richard Wargo
Director of Photography

Cast

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Eleanor Antin
Eleanor Antinova
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Phil Orlando
Orlando

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