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Collaborators; Director: JoAnn Kaplan: One line synopsis: The life and work of Russian-born, American avant garde film-maker, Maya Deren (1917-1961). Description: Photograph of Ma
A social activist from her teens, she became interested first in dance and subsequently in filmmaking. Throughout the 1950s, until her premature death in 1961 at the age of 44, Maya Deren was a leading exponent of experimental cinema and considered one of its most influential artists. She first traveled to Haiti to film dances in 1947, and ...
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Kaplan, Jo Ann, dir. Invocation: Maya Deren. VHS. New York: Women Make Movies, 1987. Documentary film narrated by actress Helen Mirren. It features a wide range of footage including film from Deren’s journeys to Haiti, interviews with Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage, and recordings of Deren’s lectures. Kudlácek, Martina, dir.
Jonas Mekas, Film-maker and Director of Anthology Film Archives, says that Anthology Film Archives’ second cinema will be called the Maya Deren Theater, devoted to independent avant-garde and classic film. He points out that Deren not only worked on every aspect of her films but also helped enlarge the audience for these and similar films.
In this dedicated season a varied programme of events pays tribute to the art of Maya Deren. Highlights will include Invocation: Maya Deren (1987), introduced by the film’s director Jo Ann Kaplan, and a symposium entitled New Reflections – an exploration of her career. Deren’s
