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SHORT FILMS OF MAYA DEREN (1944—1959)

  • dir. Maya Deren

  • 60 minutes


Five fundamental films from MAYA DEREN— filmmaker, film theorist, choreographer, dancer, distributor and lecturer—form the basis of the programme, mesmerising choreographies for the camera (some silent, some with sound) that demonstrate Deren as a director of the body and its many movements.

PROGRAMME:
At Land, dir. Maya Deren, 1944, 15m, B&W
A Study in Choreography for the Camera, dir. Maya Deren, 1945, 4m, B&W
Meditation on Violence, dir. Maya Deren, 1948, 12m, B&W
Ritual in Transfigured Time, dir. Maya Deren, 1946, 15m, B&W
The Very Eye of Night, dir. Maya Deren, 1959, 15m, B&W

SEE ALSO:

MUSIC VIDEOS OF ZIA ANGER (2013—2019)

CLAIRE DENIS (Towards Mathilde, 2005) + short films by Babette Mangolte (Calico Mingling, Water Motor)


Doors - 5.30pm

Film - 6.00pm