Read More: Remembering Chantal Akerman: 8 Films Now Streaming Online Maya DerenIt's nearly impossible to begin a discussion on experimental film without including Maya Deren, whose foremost 1943 film "Meshes of the Afternoon" has become one of the most influential and important works in the early experimental movement. Shot on 16mm with a windfall she received after her father's tragic death, the film was one of the first to employ narrative structure in an experimental framework, helping to change the cinematic landscape of avant-garde film and cementing Deren as an indispensable participant in the practice of experimental media. A vocal supporter of independent film, famously stating, "I make my films for what Hollywood spends on lipstick," Deren was a pioneer of the Diy film movement and is, for many, the definitive mother of experimental and avant-garde film. Barbara HammerBarbara Hammer’s introduction to the world of cinema was a bit...