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Director:
Jonas Mekas
Genre:
Documentary
Plot:
Mekas leads an archival avant-garde, a fast-paced parade of 160 underground film people he captured on film over four decades... more | add synopsis

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Chantal Akerman ... Herself (archive footage)
Kenneth Anger ... Himself (archive footage)
Michel Auder ... Himself (archive footage)
Bruce Baillie ... Himself (archive footage)
Robert Beavers ... Himself (archive footage)
Jane Brakhage ... Herself (archive footage)
Stan Brakhage ... Himself (archive footage)
Robert Breer ... Himself (archive footage)
James Broughton ... Himself (archive footage)
L.M. Kit Carson ... Himself (archive footage)

Charles Chaplin ... Himself (archive footage)
Tom Chomont ... Himself (archive footage)
Shirley Clarke ... Herself (archive footage)
Bruce Conner ... Himself (archive footage)
Tony Conrad ... Himself (archive footage)
Storm De Hirsch ... Herself (archive footage)
Stephen Dwoskin ... Himself (archive footage)
Morris Engel ... Himself (archive footage)
Valie Export ... Herself (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself (archive footage)
Fred Halsted ... Himself (archive footage)
Birgit Hein ... Herself (archive footage)
Piero Heliczer ... Himself (archive footage)
Jerome Hill ... Himself (archive footage)
Taka Iimura ... Himself (archive footage)
Ken Jacobs ... Himself (archive footage)
Anna Karina ... Herself (archive footage)
Kurt Kren ... Himself (archive footage)
Peter Kubelka ... Himself (archive footage)
Jacques Ledoux ... Himself (archive footage)
Malcolm le Grice ... Himself (archive footage)
Gregory J. Markopoulos ... Himself (archive footage)
Jim McBride ... Himself (archive footage)
Taylor Mead ... Himself (archive footage)
Adolfas Mekas ... Himself (archive footage)
Hermann Nitsch ... Himself (archive footage)
Sheldon Renan ... Himself (archive footage)

Leni Riefenstahl ... Herself (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini ... Himself (archive footage)
Barbara Rubin ... Herself (archive footage)
Carolee Schneemann ... Herself (archive footage)
Paul Sharits ... Himself (archive footage)
P. Adams Sitney ... Himself (archive footage)
Harry Smith ... Himself (archive footage)
Jack Smith ... Himself (archive footage)
Michael Snow ... Himself (archive footage)
Cecile Starr ... Herself (archive footage)
Bhob Stewart ... Himself (archive footage)
Amy Taubin ... Herself (archive footage)
Leslie Trumbull ... Himself (archive footage)
Willard Van Dyke ... Himself (archive footage)
Viva ... Herself (archive footage)
Rosa von Praunheim ... Himself (archive footage)
Andy Warhol ... Himself (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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