Ken Jacobs Movies

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

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

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

First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...

This short film documents the daily life of the goings-on on Orchard Street, a commercial street in the Lower East Side New York City.

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

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

The moving camera shapes the screen image with great purposefulness, using the frame of a window as fulcrum upon which to wheel about the exterior...

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

"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...

MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

Directed by Ken Jacobs, 1985. In Jacobs' own words: "I wish more stuff was available in its raw state, as primary source material for anyone to...

"Influenced by avant-garde artist-refugees from Europe, non-representational art dominated the art market after WW2 [...] Viewers offered open minds,...

Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest type of color film, Kodachrome (whose production was discontinued in 2009)...

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

Ken Jacobs’s most elusive and mysterious film is at once an allegory of movie-making, a demonstration of 8mm versatility, and a celebration of...

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

First screened as part of Jacobs' "Nervous System" film performance, The Georgetown Loop is based on an archival film from 1903, which Jacobs pairs...

A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

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