Queen of the Mountain

Queen of the Mountain
Directed by	Martha Goell Lubell
Written by	Sharon Mulally Carol Rosenbaum
Produced by	Martha Goell Lubell
Cinematography	Peter Brownscombe
Edited by	Sharon Mulally
Music by	Sumi Tonooka
Distributed by	Women Make Movies
Release date	2005 (2005)
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Queen of the Mountain is a 2005 documentary film about Theresa Goell, 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, 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 said it offered a "strong, rich narrative with visuals to match."

Reception

The New York Times wrote,

Tess Goell was the kind of American heroine that seemed to exist only in 1930s movies, played by Katharine Hepburn or Rosalind Russell. They were women bravely striding into what was largely believed to be a man's world — flying planes, battling city hall, working in formerly all-male offices or newsrooms. Goell strode into archaeology, a divorced, hearing-impaired Jewish woman amid Muslims in southern Turkey.

See also

• Jews of Iran
• Pola's March
• Marion's Triumph
• My Yiddish Momme McCoy

References

• "Queen of the Mountain". Women Making Movies. 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-02.

• Gates, Anita (March 25, 2006), "Examining the Life of Tess Goell, a Pioneering Archaeologist" (PDF), New York Times, archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2012, retrieved July 24, 2007

External links

• Queen of the Mountain Women Make Movies