Maya Deren
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Maya Deren (April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961), born Eleonora Derenkowska (Ukrainian: Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська), was one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer and photographer.
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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
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Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)
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At Land (1944)
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The Very Eye of Night (1958)
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Meditation on Violence (1949)
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Witch's Cradle (1944)
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Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
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Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993)
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Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2002)
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A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
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Medusa (1949)
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A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes (1945)
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Season of Strangers (1959)
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