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Invocation: Maya Deren

Jo Ann Kaplan

1986 • 53m

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 u...

Invocation: Maya Deren

Cast

Helen Mirren

Helen MirrenNarrator

Maya Deren

Maya DerenHerself (archive footage)

Jana Shelden

Jana SheldenReader

Jonas Mekas

Jonas MekasHimself

Stan Brakhage

Stan BrakhageHimself

Alexander Hammid

Alexander HammidHimself (as Sasha Hammid)

Amos VogelHimself

Hella HammidHerself (as Hella Hammid)

Teiji Ito

Teiji ItoHimself (archive footage)

Marcia VogelHerself

Joseph CampbellHimself

Crew

Jo Ann Kaplan

Jo Ann KaplanDirector

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