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Maya Deren : collected experimental films

Deren, Maya (filmmaker.). Ito, Cherel. (Added Author). Itō, Teiji, (composer (expression)). Beatty, Talley, (dancer.). Mystic Fire Video, Inc. (Added Author). Women Make Movies (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Examples of Maya Deren's work evoke and exemplify the American avant-garde film movement of the 1940s and 1950s.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (82 min.)) : sound, silent, black and white
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  • Publisher: New York : Mystic Fire Video, [between 2000 and 2009?]
  • Distributor: [New York, N.Y.] : Distributed by Women Make Movies

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from title screen.
Introduced by Maya Deren.
Originally issued as motion pictures, 1943-1959.
Originally distributed by Mystic Fire Video in 1986.
Formatted Contents Note: Meshes of the afternoon (1943) (14 min. : sound) -- At land (1944) (15 min. : silent) -- A study in choreography for camera / with Talley Beatty (1945) (4 min. : silent) -- Ritual in transfigured time (1945) (15 min. : silent) -- Meditation on violence (1948) (12 min. : sound) -- The Very eye of night (1952-1959) (15 min. : sound)
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director, Maya Deren ; music, Teiji Ito (1st, 6th works), Maya Deren (5th work)
System Details Note:
Streaming video file.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on videodisc (DVD) version record.
Subject: Experimental films -- United States
Deren, Maya
Experimental films
Short films
Feminism and motion pictures
Women in the motion picture industry
Women motion picture producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors
Genre: Streaming video.

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