Jack Smith

Jack Smith at IFFR

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  Two Wrenching Departures

  • Cinema Regained

  Ken Jacobs | 90' | USA | International première

  For a long time, the pioneering experimental films of Ken Jacobs only existed in live performances, legendary and not often seen. Thanks to digital te

• Blonde Cobra

  • Ken Jacobs focus

  Ken Jacobs | 33' | USA | -

  * Images gathered by Bob Fleischner, sound-film composed by Ken Jacobs. “Jack says I made the film too heavy. It was his and Bob’s intention…
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  Star Spangled to Death – Part 1

  • Ken Jacobs focus

  Ken Jacobs | 200' | USA | -

  Ken Jacob’s life’s work, an epic of the ‘underground’ cinema. A ‘desperately beautiful immersion in childish behaviour and political despair’ with the
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  Little Stabs at Happiness

  • Ken Jacobs focus

  Ken Jacobs | 15' | USA | -

  “Material was cut in as it came out of the camera, embarrassing moments intact. 100′ rolls timed well with music on old 78’s. I was…

• Perfect Film

  • Ken Jacobs focus

  Ken Jacobs | 21' | USA | -

  TV newscast discards from 1965 relating to the assassination of Malcom X, out-takes of history reprinted as found in a Canal Street bin (with the…