Invocation Maya Deren

Maya Deren as filmmaker, writer, lecturer and organiser had a seminal influence on the emerging American film avant garde. This film seeks to evoke her spirit through a combination of testimony from those who knew and worked with her, reconstruction and recycling of original material (sound recordings, photographs, clips from her films) in a fragmentary, non-chronological structure held together by commentary. The emphasis is on anecdote rather than analysis.

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"Examines the life and work of avante-garde film-maker, Voodoo devotee, author and lecturer Maya Deren, who developed two types of short subjective films : the psycho-drama and the ciné-dance film. Includes clips from her films, original recordings of Deren herself and her third husband, Teiji Itō, as well as extensive comments by friends and colleagues such as Hella Hammid, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas and Joseph Campbell."
"Documentaire. À l'aide de témoignages, d'archives et de reconstitutions historiques, ce document retrace la vie et la carrière de Maya Deren, productrice et réalisatrice de cinéma américain. Son oeuvre fait partie du mouvement américain des films d'avant-garde des années 40 et des années 50. Avec Jana Shelden, Maya Deren, Teiji Ito."
"Discusses the life and work of avante-garde film-maker Maya Deren."
"Maya Deren as filmmaker, writer, lecturer and organiser had a seminal influence on the emerging American film avant garde. This film seeks to evoke her spirit through a combination of testimony from those who knew and worked with her, reconstruction and recycling of original material (sound recordings, photographs, clips from her films) in a fragmentary, non-chronological structure held together by commentary. The emphasis is on anecdote rather than analysis."@en
"Profile of the life and work of Maya Deren, a pioneer producer of avant-garde films. Includes film clips of examples of her work."
"Profile of the life and work of Maya Deren, a pioneer producer of avant-garde films. Includes film clips of examples of her work."@en