Jonas Mekas Movies

Jonas Mekas at Zebulon, a music bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, dedicating his 365 day series to Petrarca (1304-1374) the poet who wrote 365 poems to...

Jonas Mekas reflects on a 1966 trip to Avignon that offered solace during a period of personal crisis. Combining diary texts read by Angus MacLise...

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...

This film has to do with the early years of my daughter Oona, when she was three or four years old

I Had Nowhere To Go is based on Jonas Mekas’s diary. It’s been over 70 years since he left his village in Lithuania to escape Nazi...

Part of Jonas Mekas' 365 days series, Mekas takes a walk in a winter storm and meets two strangers trying to save a stuck sparrow.

This was taped on the last day of the 20th Century, while having my last espresso of the century at Cremcafe, Second Avenue. I talk about the 20th...

Jonas Mekas' video letter to John Hanhardt, in which he declines an offer for Anthology to be taken on by the Guggenheim, insisting that they must...

The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...

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

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s travels through Italy in 1967, this short captures scenes from the country’s cities and countryside. The...

Screen test for Andy Warhol, 1966

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

An autobiographical vignette, this is a stop in Marseilles in the summer of 1966. I am sharing a croissant with a cat while boyan singing, presenting...

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

Scenes from the life and work of independent film-makers. Includes Douglas Gordon, Peter Hutton, Ken Jacobs, Alexander Kluge, Harmony Korine, Peter...

"It came to my mind that I should try and locate George Capsis"

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

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