''Queen of the Mountain'' is a 2005
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
about
Theresa Goell
Theresa Bathsheba Goell (July 17, 1901 – December 18, 1985) was an American archaeologist, best known for directing excavations at Nemrud Dagh in south-eastern Turkey. Born in New York, she earned a BA at Radcliffe College, then graduated fro ...
, a middle-aged woman who, in 1947, left her husband and son to dig beneath the sanctuary of
Nemrud Dagh. Goell was fascinated by this shrine to King
Antiochus I Theos of Commagene
Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen ( grc, Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεὸς Δίκαιος Ἐπιφανὴς Φιλορωμαῖος Φιλέλλην, meaning "Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend ...
, which had been neglected by previous archaeologists.
''Queen of the Mountain'' tells her story through archival footage, family photographs, oral histories, commentary from Goell's friends and her own letters. ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'' said it offered a "strong, rich narrative with visuals to match."
Reception
''The New York Times'' wrote,
Notes
See also
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Jews of Iran''
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Pola's March
''Pola's March'' is a 1998 Documentary film, documentary made by Jonathan Gruber (filmmaker), Jonathan Gruber about a Holocaust survivor, Pola Susswein's emotional trip back to her childhood home in Poland after fifty years spent in Israel, trying ...
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Marion's Triumph
''Marion's Triumph'' is a 2003 documentary film that tells the story of Marion Blumenthal Lazan, a child Holocaust survivor, who recounts her painful childhood memories in order to preserve history. The film combines rare historic footage, anima ...
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My Yiddish Momme McCoy
''My Yiddish Momme McCoy'' is a documentary made in 1991 by Bob Giges about his 90-year-old Jewish grandmother who fell in love and married an Irish-Catholic named Bernie McCoy. Interfaith marriage has always been an issue in the Jewish community, ...
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Queen of the MountainWomen Make Movies
Women Make Movies is a non-profit feminist media arts organization based in New York City. Founded by Ariel Dougherty and Sheila Paige with Dolores Bargowski, WMM was first a feminist production collective that emerged from city-wide Women's Li ...
2005 films
Documentary films about historical events
Documentary films about Jews and Judaism
Documentary films about women
American documentary films
2005 documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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