Born in Kyiv, Maya Deren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers of all time. She was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, bringing all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films.
During the month of January, Filmatique is streaming a collection of Deren's seminal films. Perhaps her most famous work Meshes of the Afternoon and the lesser-known marvel At Land are available to watch alongside four of Deren's dance films, a portrait of voodoo ceremonies in Haiti, as well as Martina Kudlacek's 2001 documentary on the artist.