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Just a head’s up: #LaEsoterica will be EVERY TUESDAY in March. This is the mostly finalized plans for the month:
#WomensHistoryMonth #jazz #NewYork #MayaDeren #Linguistics

Journeys In Film Oct 26

🎃 Teach with Meshes of the Afternoon for spooky season! The horror elements in this acclaimed experimental short film make it fun to teach for Halloween and all year round.

Our Mini Discussion Guide works as a bell ringer-style classroom warm-up. Or pair it with The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman for a full cross-media lesson. For grades 9+.

https://journeysinfilm.org/film/meshes-of-the-afternoon/

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#Halloween #CreativeWriting #Movies #MayaDeren #Education #Homeschooling

Post-Punk.com May 16, 2025

Transatlantic Darkwave Duo Johnathan Christian Debuts Dystopian Video for “Where Do We Go From Here”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://post-punk.com/transatlantic-darkwave-duo-johnathan-christian-debuts-dystopian-video-for-where-do-we-go-from-here/

Transatlantic Darkwave Duo Johnathan Christian Debuts Dystopian Video for “Where Do We Go From Here” — Post-Punk.com

In an age teetering precariously on the brink, where the skies darken with smoke from burning forests and oceans choke beneath plastic tides, the world watches: entranced by screens, while democracy's foundations fracture beneath the jackboots of global authoritarianism. This relentless march toward catastrophe, propelled by unchecked greed and collective apathy, reveals society's stark vulnerability. Protest songs emerge as defiant echoes, cries against a landscape blighted by environmental ruin and political oppression. They are anthems of resistance in a fractured world, confronting humanity’s complicity, calling out the monsters we’ve allowed to rise, and reminding us of the power to reclaim tomorrow.

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Journeys In Film May 12, 2025

Happy Birthday, Maya Deren! Born on this day in 1917, the celebrated Ukrainian-born American experimental filmmaker was an important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Her short film "Meshes of the Afternoon" is considered one of the most influential works in American experimental cinema. She was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer, and photographer. 1/2

#MayaDeren #MeshesOfTheAfternoon #BOTD #FilmHistory #WomenInFilm @film

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DoomsdaysCW Feb 15, 2025

@nojarama As a fan of #MayaDeren's #AtLand and #IngmarBergman's #SeventhSeal, I think this music video is one of the best I've seen in years! (And the song ain't too shabby either.)
#DepecheMode #GhostsAgain

trash panda qc Aug 24, 2024

enjoyable unfinished/liminal Maya Deren. just old enough that it makes me think about how different eras of technology might have affected concepts of spirituality. with a little selective editing you could pass this off as a retro-themed Backrooms video.

https://archive.org/details/witchs-cradle-maya-deren-m-duchamp-1943

#MayaDeren #experimentalfilm #surrealism #avantgarde #liminal #liminalhorror #backrooms

Witch's Cradle ( Maya Deren , M Duchamp 1943) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Witch's Cradle ( Maya Deren , M Duchamp 1943)

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Deadline Aug 22, 2024

Visual Effects Society 2024 Honorees Include Brooke Breton & Four New Hall Of Famers
#BelowTheLine #News #BrookeBreton #DorothyDavenport #MayaDeren #ReidPaul #RonaldBMoore #ThadBeier #TimMcGovern #VESAwards

https://deadline.com/2024/08/ves-awards-2024-honorees-visual-effects-society-1236048165/

Visual Effects Society 2024 Honorees Include Brooke Breton & Four New Hall Of Famers

The Visual Effects Society’s 2024 VES Awards will honor Brooke Breton, Reid Paul, Ronald B. Moore, Tim McGovern, Thad Beier, Maya Deren and Dorothy Davenport.

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Dr. Dani Sanchez Aug 13, 2024

Our first piece is the short documentary “The Private Life of a Cat” by wife-and-husband creative team Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid (https://youtu.be/_6e1O_NtK24?si=w3azU0YqbrKo9Hw0)
#LaEsoterica #ThePrivateLifeOfACat #MayaDeren #AlexanderHammid #cats