Maya Deren Movies

A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatchi...

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren’s most intriguing...

An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as...

The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner e...

This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander H...

A dream-like narrative in which a woman (Deren),is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey, a quest for personal identity, encountering ot...

Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts fro...

Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit o...