Rita Christiani

Movies

In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
Ritual in Transfigured Time
A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek legend; one of filmmaker Maya Deren’s most intriguing works.
I Walked with a Zombie
Friend of Melise
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
Cabin in the Sky
Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
Happy Go Lucky
Rita Christiani
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.
The Black Swan
Dancer (uncredited)
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
Road to Morocco
Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.