Maya Deren Movies
- 1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon7.71943HD
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete...
- 1946
The Private Life of a Cat
The Private Life of a Cat7.11946HD
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...
- 1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Ritual in Transfigured Time6.91946HD
A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren’s most...
- 1958
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night5.91958HD
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate...
- 1944
At Land
At Land7.31944HD
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...
- 1945
A Study in Choreography for Camera
A Study in Choreography for Camera5.91945HD
Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on...
- 1949
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence5.5671949HD
Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film describes in a single continuous movement three degrees...
- 2024
Alter Ego Film Project
Alter Ego Film Project02024HD
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...
- 1951
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists61951HD
Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film Society. It was never completed, and is...
- 1986
Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren51986HD
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...
- 1944
Witch's Cradle
Witch's Cradle6.61944HD
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several...
- 1993
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti6.11993HD
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...
- 2002
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
In the Mirror of Maya Deren7.42002HD
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
- 2011
Maya Deren's Sink
Maya Deren's Sink4.52011HD
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...
- 2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Maya Deren, Take Zero52012HD
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander...
- 2023
Vever (For Barbara)
Vever (For Barbara)02023HD
Deborah Stratman brings past perspectives into the contemporary moment in a montage of unfinished film footage from artist Barbara Hammer with...
- 1959
Season of Strangers
Season of Strangers01959HD
Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren. No copy of this film exists
- 1949
Medusa
Medusa01949HD
Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren.