Ken Jacobs Movies

During the 1970s I shot, helped to make, or commissioned about ten document films, mainly about film-makers. This film is one of them. It was made...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

"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...

Little Stabs at Happiness is a collection of silent shorts Jacobs shot from the period of 1959-1963. Jaunty tunes (and a somber reflection) accompany...

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

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

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

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

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

An Eternalism film.

A picturing of sound in 3D.

Short film with Jack Smith as the mysterious leader of an even-more-mysterious cult, garbed in pseudo-papal regalia and adorned with jewelry and...