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Invocation: Maya Deren

Title
Invocation: Maya Deren [videorecording]
Publication
c1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Hammid, Alexander
  • Hammid, Hella, 1921-
  • Brakhage, Stan
  • Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019
  • Campbell, Joseph, 1904-
  • Beatty, Talley
  • Kaplan, JoAnn
  • Mirren, Helen
  • Arts Council of Great Britain.
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (53 min.) : sd. and si., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.
Summary
Documentary on the life and work of Maya Deren, covering her multiple careers as political activist, filmmaker, anthropologist, and musicologist. Includes reminiscences by her colleagues Hella [Heyman] Hammid, Sasha [Alexander] Hammid, Amos and Marcia Vogel, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, and Joseph Campbell. Subjects include her association with Katherine Dunham, Gregory Bateson, and Teiji Ito, and her interest in Haitian voodoo. Excerpts from her films Meshes of the afternoon, At land, Ritual in transfigured time, Meditation on violence, and The very eye of night are shown; A study in choreography for camera, with dancer Talley Beatty, is seen in full. The program also includes footage of Haitian voodoo dances from a projected film which was meant to incorporate footage of Balinese ritual dances shot by Bateson and Margaret Mead.
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Note
  • An Arbor International Production for the Arts Council of Great Britain in association with Channel Four. Producer: Fiz Oliver. Director/writer: JoAnn Kaplan. Narrator: Helen Mirren. Texts of Maya Deren read by Jana Shelden. Original recordings of Maya Deren and Teiji Ito.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-1898
OCLC
NYPY906004457-F
Title
Invocation: Maya Deren [videorecording]
Imprint
c1987.
Local Subject
Television. Invocation: Maya Deren.
Cinedance.
Motion pictures. Meshes of the afternoon.
Motion pictures. At land.
Motion pictures. A study in choreography for camera.
Motion pictures. Ritual in transfigured time.
Motion pictures. Meditation on violence.
Motion pictures. The very eye of night.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Haiti.
Local Subject
Voodoo dancing.
Added Author
Hammid, Alexander, interviewee.
Hammid, Hella, 1921- interviewee.
Brakhage, Stan, interviewee.
Mekas, Jonas, 1922-2019, interviewee.
Campbell, Joseph, 1904- interviewee.
Beatty, Talley, dancer.
Kaplan, JoAnn, director, screenwriter.
Mirren, Helen, narrator.
Arts Council of Great Britain.
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-1898
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