Jonas in the Desert

2h 3m
Documentary
6.4

Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of independent U.S. movies; founder and director of the New York Anthology Film Archive.

Cast

Diahnne Abbott
Self
Kenneth Anger
Self
Stan Brakhage
Self
Allen Ginsberg
Self
Dustin Hoffman
Self
Ken Jacobs
Self
Taylor Mead
Self
Jonas Mekas
Self
Paul Morrissey
Self
Yoko Ono
Self
Al Pacino
Self
William Rice
Self
Martin Scorsese
Self
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
Nick Zedd
Self

Crew

Peter Sempel
Director

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