A special screening of Nina Menkes' 1991 film, "Queen of Diamonds," will be followed by a Q&A session with the director herself. The film, presented in 4K DCP, explores themes of exhaustion and alienation through the lens of a casino blackjack dealer in Las Vegas. Critics have hailed it as an essential, anticapitalist, and feminist work. This event is part of the "Nina Menkes x2" series.

Queen of Diamonds with Nina Menkes (Director)

Firdaus is a Blackjack dealer in a Las Vegas landscape juxtaposed between glittering casino lights and the deteriorating desert oasis. Negotiating a missing husband and neighboring domestic violence, Firdaus’ world unfolds as a fragmented interplay between repetition and repressed anger.