06 August 1997 Factual 85 mins
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996. Fast-paced and archival in spirit, the film celebrates the avant-garde as its own “nation of cinema,” a vital community existing outside the dominance of commercial film.
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Chantal Akerman as Self
Kenneth Anger as Self
Michel Auder as Self
Bruce Baillie as Self
Robert Beavers as Self
Jane Brakhage as Self
Stan Brakhage as Self
Robert Breer as Self
James Broughton as Self
L.M. Kit Carson as Self
Tom Chomont as Self
Shirley Clarke as Self
Bruce Conner as Self
Tony Conrad as Self
Storm De Hirsch as Self
Stephen Dwoskin as Self
Hermann Nitsch Music
Jonas Mekas Director
Wagner Nitsch Music
Jonas Mekas Cinematography
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Jonas Mekas Writer
Italy 06 August 1997
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