Ritual in Transfigured Time

Synopsis: Maya Deren weaves together her interest in dance with the exploration of myth and symbol. Dance becomes a metaphor for courtship and sexual union from which ‘the widow’ flees at the end of the film, running into the sea.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Video; Film. 16mm. b/w. 16 min. Videocassette. VHS. b/w. 16 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1946
Availability: Hire
Sale (Cinenova only); 2000 hire: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £70.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Also available from Moviemail on a compilation tape with MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON and AT LAND. This tape is entitled MAYA DEREN- EXPERIMENTAL FILMS, is in the Re-voir series, and costs £17.99 (+p&p)
Also available on compilation tape entitled MAYA DEREN.
Subjects: Dance; Media studies
Keywords: Deren, Maya; experimental film & video; mythology; women’s issues

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