 Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren s avant-garde films of the 1940s, including the seminal _Meshes of the Afternoon (1942)_ (qv), _At Land (1943)_ (qv), and _Ritual in Transfigured Time (1948)_ (qv); archival audio interviews and observances from contemporaries such as Stan Brakhage, Amos Vogel, and Jonas Mekas, the documentary provides a glimpse into the mind and life of this groundbreaking and influential artist.