13 Nov 2022
American Teenagers
A short documentary project that attempts to encapsulate what it looks and feels like to be an American Teenager in 2022.
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
Top Billed Cast
Donatas Banionis Self (archive footage)
Peter Beard Self (archive footage)
Pola Chapelle Self (archive footage)
Gregory Corso Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Self (archive footage)
Henri Langlois Self (archive footage)
John Lennon Self (archive footage)
Adolfas Mekas Self (archive footage)
Oona Mekas Self (archive footage)
Hollis Melton Self (archive footage)
Hermann Nitsch Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono Self (archive footage)
Lee Radziwill Self (archive footage)
P. Adams Sitney Self (archive footage)
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