Ken Jacobs Movies

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

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

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by french filmmaker Jackie Raynal, originally aired 29 May 2016.

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

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

An experimental feature made by rephotographing the 1905 Biograph short Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son.

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...

Originally presented as an installation in the exhibition Evolution 2007 at Lumen in Leeds, GIFT OF FIRE devotes fetishistic attention to what is...

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

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

An Eternalism film.

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

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...

Blankets for Indians blends a stereoscopic study of water spurting from New York’s City Hall fountain with an intimately detailed portrait of...

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.

Working with Virgil’s four-part poem “Georgics” and Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos “The Four Seasons” as models,...

An Eternalism film.

This is how the film begins, duck-on-a-leash to Little Bo Peep to the revealing of the too-busy full stage-set. Each gets their close-up and the many...

An Eternalism film.