Invocation: Maya Deren

(1986)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1986

Runtime: 53 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Jo Ann Kaplan

Cast: Хелен Миррен, Maya Deren, Jana Shelden, Йонас Мекас, Stan Brakhage, Alexander Hammid, Amos Vogel, Hella Hammid, Teiji Ito, Marcia Vogel

Plot

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.