Invocation: Maya Deren: Directed by Jo Ann Kaplan. With Helen Mirren, Jana Shelden, Maya Deren, Teiji Ito. An authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and ...
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28 nov 2022 · 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.
Synopsis. Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures.
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Invocation: Maya Deren Jo Anna Kaplan . Il primo lungometraggio dedicato alla vita e all’opera di Maya Deren: un’invocazione alla madrina del cinema d’avanguardia americano.
Maya Deren, pseudonimo di Eleanora Derenkovskaja ( in ucraino: Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська?; Kiev, 12 maggio 1917 [1] – New York, 13 ottobre 1961 ), è stata una regista ucraina naturalizzata statunitense, attiva negli anni quaranta e anni cinquanta del XX secolo .
The life and work of Russian-born, American avant garde film-maker, Maya Deren (1917-1961). Description: Photograph of Maya Deren. Hella Hammid describing Deren as "the first avant-garde film-maker after Buñuel and Cocteau".
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures.