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Ritual in Transfigured Time

Newly Added • 14m

Directed by Maya Deren • 1946 • United States
Starring Maya Deren, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook

The most influential of the series of dance films made by pioneering avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME combines intricate choreography with time-distorting cinematic effects to create a deeply personal exploration of identity, duality, social ritual, and transcendence through movement.

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