01 Jan 1988
Portrait of Imogen
Photographer Imogen Cunningham presents her own work in this Academy Award-nominated documentary.
Birth of a Nation
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
Top Billed Cast
Jane Wodening Self
Allen Ginsberg Self
Jean Houston Self
Anna Karina Self
Jacques Ledoux Self
Taylor Mead Self
Adolfas Mekas Self
Oona Mekas Self
Hermann Nitsch Self
Leni Riefenstahl Self
Barbara Rubin Self
P. Adams Sitney Self
Cecile Starr Self
Bhob Stewart Self
Amy Taubin Self
Leslie Trumbull Self
Viva Self
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