Ken Jacobs Movies

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

Director Jonas Mekas travels through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, galleries, bars, and clubs. Encountering old...

An Eternalism film.

Assisted by Nisi Ariana, 24 minutes

An Eternalism film.

In the backyard with the inimitable Jerry Sims. Shot in 8mm in 1975, edited and transferred to 16mm in 1987.

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 2021 Jacobs Eternalism

1906 - Original cinematographer unknown. 1996 - New arrangement by Ken Jacobs. Shots shown as found in "A Trip Down Mount Tamalpais", the Paper Print...

Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.

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

2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"

Ken Jacobs, the erstwhile master of experimental celluloid filmmaking, fully embraces video technology in this reworking of the 1929 Laurel and Hardy...

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...

Part of a series of Eternalisms

"You've come back" "You're still here"

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

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

Part of a series of Eternalisms