Maya Deren was a Russian-born American experimental filmmaker and important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, write
Deren in the film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), her debut
Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema. The film
Anthology's 2nd Avenue building
Jonas Mekas, co-founder of Anthology Film Archives