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1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon7.688 1943 HD
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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2002
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
In the Mirror of Maya Deren7.4 2002 HD
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Maya Deren
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1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Ritual in Transfigured Time6.9 1946 HD
A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren’s most...
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Cast: Rita Christiani
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2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films0 2002 HD
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner...
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Cast: Maya Deren
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2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Maya Deren, Take Zero5 2012 HD
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Maya Deren
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1944
At Land
At Land7.3 1944 HD
A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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1986
Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren5 1986 HD
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Helen Mirren
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2011
Maya Deren's Sink
Maya Deren's Sink4.5 2011 HD
Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit...
Genre: History
Cast: Bekka Lindstrom
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2023
Vever (For Barbara)
Vever (For Barbara)0 2023 HD
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Barbara Hammer
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1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon7.688 1943 HD
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon7.688 1943 HD
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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1944
At Land
At Land7.3 1944 HD
A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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1944
At Land
At Land7.3 1944 HD
A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren), is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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1993
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti6.1 1993 HD
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Genke
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1944
Witch's Cradle
Witch's Cradle6.6 1944 HD
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Pajorita Matta
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1945
A Study in Choreography for Camera
A Study in Choreography for Camera5.9 1945 HD
Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on...
Genre: Music
Cast: Talley Beatty
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1949
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence5.567 1949 HD
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Chao Li Chi
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1958
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night5.9 1958 HD
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate...
Genre: Music
Cast: Don Freisinger
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1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Ritual in Transfigured Time6.9 1946 HD
A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren’s most...
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Cast: Rita Christiani
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1946
The Private Life of a Cat
The Private Life of a Cat7.1 1946 HD
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films0 2002 HD
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner...
Genre:
Cast: Maya Deren
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2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films0 2002 HD
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner...
Genre:
Cast: Maya Deren
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2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films0 2002 HD
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner...
Genre:
Cast: Maya Deren
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2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films0 2002 HD
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner...
Genre:
Cast: Maya Deren
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1951
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists6 1951 HD
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is...
Genre: Music
Cast: Terry Chapman
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1951
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists6 1951 HD
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is...
Genre: Music
Cast: Terry Chapman
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1951
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists6 1951 HD
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is...
Genre: Music
Cast: Terry Chapman
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2006
Cinema16: American Short Films
Cinema16: American Short Films7.5 2006 HD
CINEMA16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. With over three hours of films CINEMA16:...
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2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Maya Deren, Take Zero5 2012 HD
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Maya Deren
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1946
The Private Life of a Cat
The Private Life of a Cat7.1 1946 HD
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as...
Genre: Documentary
Cast:
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1993
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti6.1 1993 HD
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Genke
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1949
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence5.567 1949 HD
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Chao Li Chi
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1949
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence5.567 1949 HD
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Chao Li Chi
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1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon7.688 1943 HD
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete...
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maya Deren
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2024
Alter Ego Film Project
Alter Ego Film Project0 2024 HD
5 short films, from 5 directors and 4 different countries on the theme of the Alter-Ego. The "Alter Ego Film Project" is inspired by the spirit of...
Genre: Music
Cast: Lydia Gervás
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1993
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti6.1 1993 HD
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Genke
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1959
Season of Strangers
Season of Strangers0 1959 HD
Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren. No copy of this film exists
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1949
Medusa
Medusa0 1949 HD
Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren.
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Cast: Jean Erdman
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2023
Vever (For Barbara)
Vever (For Barbara)0 2023 HD
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Barbara Hammer
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1958
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night5.9 1958 HD
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate...
Genre: Music
Cast: Don Freisinger
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1958
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night5.9 1958 HD
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate...
Genre: Music
Cast: Don Freisinger
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1958
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night5.9 1958 HD
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate...
Genre: Music
Cast: Don Freisinger