Maya Deren, Take Zero

Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012 en 29 minutes

Rating: 5

Plot

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.

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Cast

Maya Deren

Maya Deren

Herself

Alexander Hammid

Alexander Hammid

Himself

Cecile Starr

Cecile Starr

Herself

Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch

Himself

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Himself

Graeme Ferguson

Graeme Ferguson

Himself

Herbert Passin

Herbert Passin

Himself

Robert Gardner

Robert Gardner

Himself

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