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  • Title: Maya Deren: Experimental Films / Meshes of the Afternoon / At Land / A Study in Choreography for Camera / Ritual in Transfigured Time / Meditation on Violence / The Very Eye of Night Divine Horseman: The Living Gods of Haiti (excerpt) / The Private Life of a Cat
  • Summary: Seven short films by Maya Deren (plus one by Alexander Hammid)
  • Director: Maya Deren
  • Cast: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, John Cage, Parker Tyler, Talley Beatty, Rita Christiani, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook, Chao Li Chi, John Genke (narration) Joan Pape (narration)
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  • Keywords: Experimental
  • Format: DVD
  • Language: Silent
  • Country: USA
  • Comments: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943-1959, 14 minutes) At Land (1944, 15 minutes) A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945, 4 minutes) Ritual in Transfigured Time (1945-1946, 15 minutes) Meditation on Violence (1948, 12 minutes) The Very Eye of Night (1952-1959, 15 minutes) Divine Horseman: The Living Gods of Haiti (excerpt) Private Life of a Cat (Alexander Hammid, 1944)
  • Collection: Feature Length