Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the struggle to build a new life in New York and his gradual discovery of a vibrant artistic community.
Jonas Mekas
Director, Writer
Peter Beard
Self

Ed Emshwiller
Self

Ken Jacobs
Self

Adolfas Mekas
Self

Jonas Mekas
Self

Tiny Tim
Self

Peter Bogdanovich
Self

Allen Ginsberg
Self

Barbara Rubin
Self
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania71%
God Grew Tired of Us72%
Fuck64%
Human Flow69%
Heart of a Dog65%
Cameraperson67%
The U.S. vs. John Lennon67%
LA Originals69%
McCullin76%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
42 Up75%
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown72%
The Class of ‘9271%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
The Director and the Jedi72%
To Be Takei71%
Rich Hill69%
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction69%
28 Up75%