PAST PERFECT

PAST PERFECT

color, sound, 42 min
PAST PERFECT is a meditation on Jewish history, notably the Shoah—spirited and darkly amusing...In PAST PERFECT Madansky manages—frequently, brilliantly—to evoke a similar pang as ...
Rental formats: 16mm $250.00, Digital file $60.00
Available for sale: 16mm $1000.00, DVD NTSC $35.00

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PAST PERFECT is a meditation on Jewish history, notably the Shoah—spirited and darkly amusing...In PAST PERFECT Madansky manages—frequently, brilliantly—to evoke a similar pang as greets the historian, documentarian, genealogist, or traveler when confronting the catastrophic absence that is the Holocaust. When all is effaced, the only logical response is speculation.” excerpt from text by David Rakoff 

Films

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    We At Her
    Experimental

    We At Her
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 8 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • LGBT / Queer
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    Internal Combustion
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Internal Combustion
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 7 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • LGBT / Queer
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    TREYF
    Documentary
    Experimental

    TREYF
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 54 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • LGBT / Queer
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    DEVOTION
    Experimental
    Narrative

    DEVOTION
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 34 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • LGBT / Queer
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    STILL LIFE
    Documentary
    Experimental

    STILL LIFE
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 15 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • LGBT / Queer
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    THE PSA PROJECT 1-15
    Experimental

    THE PSA PROJECT 1-15
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 3 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
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    WINTER
    Experimental

    WINTER
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, silent, 5 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
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    ELLE
    Experimental

    ELLE
    Cynthia Madansky

    black and white, sound, 15 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Dance
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    ALEX & JOSE
    Experimental

    ALEX & JOSE
    Cynthia Madansky

    black and white, sound, 5 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Dance
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    MINOT NORTH DAKOTA
    Documentary
    Experimental

    MINOT NORTH DAKOTA
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 18 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Bubble
    Experimental

    Bubble
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 5 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Music
    • Dance
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    1+8
    Documentary

    1+8
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 121 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Music
    • Political / Social Activism
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    1+8 Installation
    Documentary
    Installation

    1+8 Installation
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Music
    • Political / Social Activism
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    WHITE SANDS
    Experimental
    Installation

    WHITE SANDS
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Tarlabaşı
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Tarlabaşı
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 6 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Dance
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    Dear
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Dear
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 14 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    IF NOT,
    Experimental

    IF NOT,
    Cynthia Madansky

    black and white, silent, 15 min
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    ANNA PINA TERESA
    Experimental

    ANNA PINA TERESA
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 7 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Dance
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    E42
    Experimental

    E42
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 33 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Dance
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    VIVA ÁGUA
    Experimental

    VIVA ÁGUA
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 9 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Literarature / Theater
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • Hand-Processed
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    HARAM
    Documentary

    HARAM
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 47 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Political / Social Activism
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    Grace + Gravity
    Experimental

    Grace + Gravity
    Cynthia Madansky

    color, sound, 8 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Science / Medicine
    • Arts / Artists
    • Dance
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    KG
    Experimental

    KG
    Cynthia Madansky

    super 8 , color and b/w, sound, 10 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Dance
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    Willie and Brewskie
    Experimental

    Willie and Brewskie
    Cynthia Madansky

    16mm, color and b/w, sound, 12 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Dance