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Maya Deren's Sink

Jan 5, 2011 · 30m
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Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by those who knew her. Teiji Ito's family, Carolee Schneemann and Judith Malvina, float through the homes recalling in tiny bits and pieces words of Deren's architectural and personal interior space. Clips from Maya Deren's films are projected back into the spaces where they were originally filmed appearing on the floorboard, furniture, and in the bowl of her former sink. Fluid light projections of intimate space provide an elusive agency for a filmmaker most of us will never know as film with its imaginary nature evokes a former time and space.

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CAST

Bekka Lindstrom
Maya Deren
Carolee Schneemann
Herself
Tavia Ito
Herself
Gail Ryan
Herself
Maya Deren
Herself (archival footage)
Directed by Barbara Hammer

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Original language
EN
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Production
New York State Council on the Arts
Country
US

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