Maya Deren: Experimental Films. Maya Deren, 1934-1959.
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Edition screened: Mystic Fire DVD, released 2002. Mostly silent, some with added musical scores. Cumulative runtime of eight films, approximately 104 minutes.
Summary: None of the films completed by Deren contains any violence to animals. The ‘bonus film’ Divine Horsemen completed by Teiji and Cherel Ito includes a scene of sacrificed chickens at a voodoo ritual.
The Mystic Fire DVD includes the following films. Click on individual titles for details.
Meshes of the Afternoon (Deren, 1943)
At Land (Deren, 1944)
A Study in Choreography for Camera (Deren, 1934)
Ritual in Transfigured Time (Deren, 1946)
Meditation on Violence (Deren, 1948)
The Very Eye of Night (Deren, 1959)
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (Ito after Deren, 1954)
Private Life of a Cat (Hammid, 1944)