Invocation. Maya Deren - ACE167.6

The Man I Love sung over photographs of Teiji Ito. Voudun artefacts. Ito’s VO talking about the decor of Deren’s New York apartment. Marcia Vogel on Deren’s relationship with Ito. Brakhage on the problems of the relationship. Hella Hammid on Deren’s competitiveness with the men in her life, and how this influenced her career in various fields. Man playing guitar. Ito identifying rhythms to Deren VO. Excerpts from Meditation on Violence (1948) "based on …movements of the wutang & shaolin schools of Chinese boxing" with Chi Chao-li; Deren’s VO. Diagrammatic representation of the film. Amos Vogel talking about Meditation on Violence and The Very Eye of Night (1953-1955); Mekas feels that Deren’s interests turned away from cinema after 1950. Balinese footage; Ito and Deren VO on music.