Narrator
Helen Mirren
Narrator
Overview
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.
Cast
Herself (archive footage)
Maya Deren
Herself (archive footage)
Reader
Jana Shelden
Reader
Himself
Jonas Mekas
Himself
Himself
Stan Brakhage
Himself
Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
Alexander Hammid
Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
Himself
Amos Vogel
Himself
Herself (as Hella Hammid)
Hella Hammid
Herself (as Hella Hammid)
Himself (archive footage)
Teiji Ito
Himself (archive footage)
Herself
Marcia Vogel
Herself
Himself
Joseph Campbell
Himself
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