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...

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

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

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

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

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

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

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

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

Anaglyph 3D film by Ken Jacobs based on a 1974 shadow play performance.

Jack Smith descends a fire escape in a makeshift "Arabian" costume and improvises increasingly frenetic choreography.

Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'. Contains flicker like many of my works; avoid if you have epilepsy or...

The late, legendary experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage is the subject of this video portrait by his friends Ken Jacobs and Nisi Jacobs.The video...

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

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

'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.

Film by Ken Jacobs. Exists as both 2D and 3D Version

Description by Ken Jacobs: Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl is the fourth in a series of shorts (Popeye Sees 3D; Pappy Sees 3D, Too; Sweepea’s...