Ken Jacobs Movies

Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...

Founded by Richard Linklater in 1985 as a screening series dedicated to bringing experimental and art cinema to the city of Austin, Texas, the Austin...

Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...

An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from...

A short by Ken Jacobs. Taormina, Sicily; Mt. Etna erupting nearby.

This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...

Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs. Along the way he...

Foreman’s longtime friend Ken Jacobs situated himself in the audience of the legendary Ontological-Hysteric theater space at 491 Broadway to...

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

An intimate and ongoing dialogue between filmmaker Paula Gaitán and Ken Jacobs. Filmed over the last decade in New York, the documentary...

An adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house.

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.

Ken Jacobs short film

Film portrait of Naomi Levine by Ken Jacobs