Jonas Mekas Movies

  • 2020
    Tapes

    Tapes

    Tapes

    02020HD

    The tapes in the program consist of some of Mekas’ earliest cassettes from the 1990s not long after he first began working with video as well...

    Tapes
  • 1967
    The Song of Assisi

    The Song of Assisi

    The Song of Assisi

    5.81967HD

    Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s visit to Assisi in 1967, this short documents his time in the city known for its spiritual associations. The...

    The Song of Assisi
  • 1979
    ORG

    ORG

    ORG

    5.11979HD

    Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...

    ORG
  • 1967
    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    Hare Krishna

    4.91967HD

    Jonas Mekas captures an afternoon in New York as a Hare Krishna group fills the streets with chanting and song. Filmed with his characteristic...

    Hare Krishna
  • 1972
    Going Home

    Going Home

    Going Home

    5.81972HD

    A home movie by Adolfas Mekas and wife Pola Chapelle on their travels to Lithuania and Europe. It was filmed concurrently with the more highly...

    Going Home
  • 2009
    It Came from Kuchar

    It Came from Kuchar

    It Came from Kuchar

    7.22009HD

    It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike...

    It Came from Kuchar
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    71997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2006
    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    Who Gets to Call It Art?

    6.92006HD

    Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

    Who Gets to Call It Art?
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8.41986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2011
    3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    3.11 A Sense of Home Films

    6.52011HD

    In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.

    3.11 A Sense of Home Films
  • 1986
    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    01986HD

    Presents an intimate view of four decades of the Swiss-born artist Robert Frank who has had an extraordinary influence on contemporary photography...

    Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
  • 1990
    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    7.21990HD

    Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture....

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
  • 1981
    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    6.31981HD

    Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...

    Strong Medicine
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    102007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1964
    The Brig

    The Brig

    The Brig

    6.81964HD

    Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps...

    The Brig
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    6.42013HD

    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

    What Is Cinema?
  • 2008
    Doc

    Doc

    Doc

    02008HD

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

    Doc
  • 1999
    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography

    5.91999HD

    Jonas Mekas reflects on summers spent in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Jackie Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill, and their families. Blending...

    This Side of Paradise: Fragments of An Unfinished Biography
  • 2015
    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol

    52015HD

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

    A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol