Maya Deren, Take Zero
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950s she made several influential avant-garde films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). Images from this and her other work are used in this documentary. You can also hear her voice, as well as accounts by contemporaries such as Jean Rouch and Jonas Mekas.
- Year: 2012
- Country: Spain
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Marcial Audiovisual SC, La Ferida Produccions
- Keyword: dream, feminism, symbolism, surrealism, feminist, documentary filmmaking, woman director
- Director: Gerard Gil, Jaime Ballada
- Cast: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr, Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Graeme Ferguson