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Maya Deren, Take Zero

Jan 30, 2012

0h 29m

★ 5.0

Overview

This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950s she made several influential avant-garde films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). Images from this and her other work are used in this documentary. You can also hear her voice, as well as accounts by contemporaries such as Jean Rouch and Jonas Mekas.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Marcial Audiovisual SC

La Ferida Produccions

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Maya Deren

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Alexander Hammid

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Cecile Starr

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Jean Rouch

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Jonas Mekas

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Graeme Ferguson

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Herbert Passin

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Robert Gardner

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