Ken Jacobs Movies

Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.

"I filmed Flo and Ken Jacobs in 2001 when they visited me in my studio (the School of Artistic Photography, Vienna). Our acquaintance, friendship...

Unable to sleep, Jonas Mekas drifts through New York nights, moving between apartments, studios, galleries, bars, and clubs. Along the way he...

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...

A young woman stands by a car while scenes from metropolitan life flash by.

This very special film features a carefully curated selection of some of the priceless messages that have graced Anthology’s voicemail system...

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

A 2023 Ken Jacobs Eternalism

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

A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

A series of video letters between José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas.

"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

Shot in Provincetown in the summer of '61 with the goal of funding a larger project, the film was never completed due to a violent argument between...

Foreman’s longtime friend Ken Jacobs situated himself in the audience of the legendary Ontological-Hysteric theater space at 491 Broadway to...

Found Footage avantgarde film.

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

A picturing of sound in 3D.

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

Short film with Jack Smith as the mysterious leader of an even-more-mysterious cult, garbed in pseudo-papal regalia and adorned with jewelry and...

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