Jonas Mekas Movies

Short portrait of Jonas Mekas by filmmaker and veteran Jonas chronicler, Peter Sempel.

The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year.

In 1967, I decided to visit Avila where I had an enlightening experience.

A very rare film "manifesto" by Mekas made in 1968 in New York, in the activist spirit of positive revolutionary change; his source for inspiration...

The video traces the history of the Factory, describes the activities that took place in it, and the historical context. Actual locations are shown...

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

Filmed in 1967 (camera: Gideon Bachmann), edited in 2009. I exit Chelsea Hotel and proceed towards Seventh Avenue where I catch a taxi. From 1967 to...

Elio Gelmini interviews Avantgarde filmmaker Kenneth Anger. With archive footage of Angers films, he portrays the filmmaker from his childhood until...

Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each...

Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol - in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.

"Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas / Version 1": this is the last filmed interview of Jonas Mekas. This is a last gift from Jonas to us.

The amazing adventures of forgotten American novelist and Paris Review founder, Harold Louis "Doc" Humes. His story is crammed full of ideas, about...

This piece had its world premiere as the opening film of the Hans Richter Tribute at Cinema Arsenal in the summer of 2003. The nine minutes of film...

The real history of the cinema is the invisible history – history of friends getting together doing the thing the love – for us the...

Jonas Mekas reflects on his life.

A short film portrait of legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas, talking about the Buddha and the meaning of life.

Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

A tiny part of our homage for the minors master.

During the trip back to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas made Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Adolfas Mekas made Going Home, while Pola Chapelle,...

Footage from 1964-1968 that did not find its way into the Walden reels is joined in this classic period piece. Mostly centered in New York, it also...