Invocation Maya Deren

Through her films, writing and lecturing, Maya Deren had a seminal influence on the emerging American avant-garde. She was able to work at her full intellectual and artistic capacity at a time when few women could do so. During the last ten years of her life, she became increasingly involved with Voudoun and the Haiti religion. In this film, the intensity of Maya Deren’s spirit is evoked by those who knew and worked with her, with rare recordings providing intimacy.

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Credits

producer

Arts Council of Great Britain

director

Jo Ann Kaplan

Duration

00:53:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300279

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women in the motion picture industry

Experimental

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1987

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