Maya Deren
Director

Maya Deren

13
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13
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Series
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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Film
6.1
1993

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her yea…
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Film
6.0
1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Ensemble for Somnambulists was a film Maya Deren made while teaching a workshop at the Toronto Film …
Medusa
Film
1949

Medusa

Unfinished, 16mm, b&w silent film directed by Maya Deren.…
Meditation on Violence
Film
5.5
1949

Meditation on Violence

Chao-Li Chi shadow boxes indoors and practices with a sword outdoors. Theoretically, the film descri…
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Film
6.9
1946

Ritual in Transfigured Time

A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek lege…
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Film
6.9
1946

Ritual in Transfigured Time

A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek lege…
The Private Life of a Cat
Film
7.1
1946

The Private Life of a Cat

An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives b…
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Film
5.9
1945

A Study in Choreography for Camera

Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to…
Witch's Cradle
Film
6.6
1944

Witch's Cradle

The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spide…