Jonas Mekas Movies

In 1971, Jonas Mekas was permitted by the Soviet authorities to visit his mother in Lithuania whom he had not seen for 27 years. On his return trip,...

Andy Warhol at the Village Gate, June 7, 1966. Andy videotaping John Kennedy Jr. and Anthony Radziwill at Andy's estate, 1971, in Montauk, Long...

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What...

In 1963-64 Salvador Dali did a series of "Happenings" events in a New York. In all cases Peter Beard acted for Dali as both "production manager" and...

Jonas Mekas talks about December 24th, his birthday.

Clip from Walden.

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

"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.

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

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

A portrait movie of the Godfather of American avantgarde cinema. Through material filmed primarily in the 1990s by both the directors and Jonas Mekas...

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...

Provides a rare glimpse into the world of George and Mike Kuchar, underground filmmaking brothers from the Bronx. Get to know the Kuchars, casually...

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

A short documentary profile of the Anthology Film Archives, shot on the eve of the move to the historic 2nd Avenue Courthouse. Staff and patrons are...

"STREET SONGS is a 1966 performance, in France, of a section of the Living Theater's 'Mysteries and Smaller Pieces.' Based on a chance-determined...

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

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

Mekas lived in SoHo for a long time, and the towers naturally kept popping up: when he would film his friends on the street, hippie happenings on...

Summary of the first fifty years Jonas Mekas spent in New York.