Maya Deren, Take Zero

Maya Deren, Take Zero

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 30, 2012

Runtime

0h 29m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

50%

Original Title

Maya Deren, Take Zero

Production Companies

Marcial Audiovisual SC, La Ferida Produccions

Director

Gerard Gil

Description

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.