Jonas Mekas Movies

This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.

A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...

Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.

Filmmaker Michael Rogosin's fascinating exploration of the production history behind his father Lionel's groundbreaking documentary, On the Bowery.

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

... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...

Jonas Mekas visit. Harry comes by before Ricky visit. 1. 12 p.m. April 15th -- Jonas dares to come by but won't talk. I tape him not with set up --...

A meditation on the time when the world watched as filmmaker Jonas Mekas' home country of Lithuania fought for independence. An immersion into the...

The real history of the cinema is the invisible history – history of friends getting together doing the thing the love – for us the...

An historic event: Peter Kubelka gives a lecture at the Library of Congress.

On January 17th, downtown New york at PROTOTYPE Festival, I attended N.Y. premiere of a Lithuanian opera

A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.