Invocation: Maya Deren (1986)
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures. Narrated by actress Helen Mirren, this definitive documentary offers startling insights into one of the most intriguing, accomplished figures in cinema history.
- Released
- 1986-04-24
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jo Ann Kaplan
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Helen Mirren as Narrator
- Maya Deren as Herself (archive footage)
- Jana Shelden as Reader
- Jonas Mekas as Himself
- Stan Brakhage as Himself
- Alexander Hammid as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
- Amos Vogel as Himself
- Hella Hammid as Herself (as Hella Hammid)
- Teiji Ito as Himself (archive footage)
- Marcia Vogel as Herself
- Joseph Campbell as Himself
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