Private Life of a Cat (1947) is a black-and-white observational film by Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren, documenting the intimate and tender journey of a female cat as she gives birth to five ...

Laura Mulvey called her the mother of the avant-garde, and indeed, many histories credit Maya Deren with the inauguration ... The film was shot in 1943 in Los Angeles by Deren's then-husband, ...

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 ...

W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation and Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. Maya Deren and Alexandr Hackenshmied's unapologetic experimentalism and striking visuals marked it out as a pioneering piece of ...