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  • 1943
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    7.7 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
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    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    7.4 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
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    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    6.9 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 intriguing...

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Rita Christiani

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  • 2002
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    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    0 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
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    Maya Deren, Take Zero

    Maya Deren, Take Zero

    5 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
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    At Land

    At Land

    7.247 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
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    Invocation: Maya Deren

    Invocation: Maya Deren

    5 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
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    Maya Deren's Sink

    Maya Deren's Sink

    4.5 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
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    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
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    7.7 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
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    7.7 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
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    At Land

    At Land

    7.247 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
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    At Land

    At Land

    7.247 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
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    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    6.1 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
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    Witch's Cradle

    Witch's Cradle

    6.6 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
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    A Study in Choreography for Camera

    A Study in Choreography for Camera

    5.9 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
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    Meditation on Violence

    Meditation on Violence

    5.567 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
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    The Very Eye of Night

    The Very Eye of Night

    5.9 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
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    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

    6.9 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 intriguing...

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Rita Christiani

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    The Private Life of a Cat

    The Private Life of a Cat

    7.1 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
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    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    0 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
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    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    0 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
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    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    0 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
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    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    0 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
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    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    6 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
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    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    6 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
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    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    Ensemble for Somnambulists

    6 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
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    Cinema16: American Short Films

    Cinema16: American Short Films

    7.5 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
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    Maya Deren, Take Zero

    Maya Deren, Take Zero

    5 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
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    The Private Life of a Cat

    The Private Life of a Cat

    7.1 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
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    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    6.1 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
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    Meditation on Violence

    Meditation on Violence

    5.567 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
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    Meditation on Violence

    Meditation on Violence

    5.567 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
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    Meshes of the Afternoon

    7.7 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
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    Alter Ego Film Project

    Alter Ego Film Project

    0 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
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    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    6.1 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
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    Season of Strangers

    Season of Strangers

    0 1959 HD

    Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren. No copy of this film exists

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  • 1949
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    Medusa

    Medusa

    0 1949 HD

    Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren.

    Genre:

    Cast: Jean Erdman

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  • 2023
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    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
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    The Very Eye of Night

    The Very Eye of Night

    5.9 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
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    The Very Eye of Night

    The Very Eye of Night

    5.9 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
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    The Very Eye of Night

    The Very Eye of Night

    5.9 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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  • 1975
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    A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

    A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

    0 1975 HD

    All of the rejected material from MAYA DEREN’s simplest and purest film offers the student of cinema and those interested in MAYA DEREN a vivid...

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