Yudie

A film about independence, aging, and the immigration experience

Mirra Bank

2001

20 mins

A film about independence, aging, and the immigration experience.

A loving cameo!

Jay Cocks

Jay Cocks - TIME Magazine

Reviews

Best received in the New York Film Festival!

VARIETY

Mirra Bank has had the artistic wisdom to allow Yudie the richness of her individuality. Neither a symbol of the past nor a key to the present, Yudie is herself—and thus resonates with both the past and the present.

MS Magazine

A perfectly made short film.

AMERICAN FILM Magazine

Awards and Screenings

New York Film Festival, 1974

Chicago Film Festival - Biographies - Winner, 1975

Sinking Creek Film Celebration - Special Jury Award, 1975

PBS, 1975

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Mirra Bank

Mirra Bank is a member of the Academy. Her feature doc Last Dance followed the stormy collaboration between Pilobolus and legendary author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. Short-listed for an Academy Award, it aired in the US and Europe, was featured at Aspen, AFI, Chicago Art Institute, many dance film festivals. Her recent feature, The Only Real Game, is on Netflix, after acclaimed festival and theatrical runs. She is in production on No Fear No Favor, set in the vast Kafue Wilderness in Zambia.

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