Ken Jacobs Movies

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

A man fondles objects, looks at himself in the mirror, poses in different clothes, smiles and makes faces at the camera while his voice on the...

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

A celebration of Ken Jacobs' work at 80WSE.

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

A strobing deconstruction of Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight.

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

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

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

An Eternalism film.

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

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

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

Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...

An Eternalism film.

First created and presented as a Tzadik New Jewish Culture offering in 1993. First performed live as a Nervous System performance with Catherine...

An Eternalism film.

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.