The Centaurs (1921 film)

The Centaurs is a silent film released in 1921. It is a short experimental film created by Maya Deren, then known as Eleanora Derenkowsky, when she was a child. Relatively little information is available regarding the film’s production or distribution. It is considered one of Deren's earliest known works, predating her more established and influential experimental films of the 1940s and 1950s. The film's title suggests a possible thematic focus on the mythological creature, the centaur, although the specifics of its narrative and visual style are not widely documented. Due to its obscurity and Deren's later prominence, it remains of interest primarily to film historians and scholars specializing in experimental cinema and the early career of Maya Deren. Finding a complete copy of the film today is extremely rare.