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Meshes of the Afternoon - directed by Maya Deren 1943, 15", 16mm format
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Maya Deren plays the lead character in her film
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A non-narrative work, this film is one of the most influential works in American experimental cinema. Directed by Deren with her husband, cinematographer Alexander Hammid, the film established the independent avant-garde movement in film in the US. Born in Kyiv in 1917, Maya Deren came to the USA in the 1920's as Eleanora Derenkowsky. A brilliant filmmaker and theorist, Deren worked completely outside the commercial film industry, making her own inner experience the center of her films. She worked ceaselessly to establish facilities and funding for independent film, and was the first filmmaker to establish a non-profit film foundation.
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| Maya Deren bio: |
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New American Cinema: |
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Man With the Movie Camera - directed by Dziga Vertov, 1929, 65"
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The man with his movie camera
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This stunning documentary remains a perfect distillation of the sense of urban existence. Composed of footage from Kyiv, Moscow and Odessa, the film shows everyday people at work and at play, from dawn to dusk, interacting with the machinery of modern life. In the style of other 'city symphony' films of the 1920's, events are arranged to simulate the passage of a single day through a deliberate sequencing of events. Produced by Dziga Vertov at Kyiv Film Studios (VUFKU) in 1929, the film serves as a reminder that he is one of the greatest pioneer filmmakers. This DVD version is a 2002 release by the British Film Institute, and is accompanied by music scored by English composer Michael Nyman.
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| Dziga Vertov bio: |
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Details:
This presentation of the UNDERGROUND Film Series will be held in the main hall of the Ukrainian League of Philadelphia, which is located on the corner of 23rd and Brown Sts in the Art Museum Area. To enter the main hall, head up the three steps on the Brown Street side of the building- enter through the grey doors, and you will immediately see the information table and seating area.
Drinks and snacks will be on offer before, during and after the screening as part of the KinoBar service.
Getting to the Venue:
TRAIN- Take SEPTA regional rail to Center City and get off at either 30th Street Station or Suburban Station. A taxi cab can readily be hailed at street level outside either station- travel time to 23rd & Brown by cab should be no more than 10 minutes. To catch a taxi back to the train station, after the screening just walk to the corner of 23rd St and Fairmount Ave, where available taxis frequently drive past.
BUS- Take the Route 48 bus, get off at 23rd & Aspen Sts (just past Rembrandts Restaurant & Bar) and walk one block north to 23rd & Brown Sts --OR-- take the Route 7 bus, get off at 23rd St & Fairmount Ave (at London Grill) and walk two blocks north the 23rd & Brown.
CAR- 23rd & Brown Streets is just off the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and about a five minute drive from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Car parking is available two blocks away from the screening venue at the surface parking lot located on the NE corner of 23rd St & Fairmount Ave, adjacent to Eastern State Penitentiary.
FOOT- Walk this way.
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