Birth of a Nation (Movie)

1997 / Director: Jonas Mekas / Avg Rating: 6.3 out of 10

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1969) (Movie) (17)

Jack Smith...Self

Andy Warhol...Self

Storm De Hirsch...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Jane Brakhage...Self

Stan Brakhage...Self

Shirley Clarke...Self

Tony Conrad...Self

Jerome Hill...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self

Peter Kubelka...Self

Gregory J. Markopoulos...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self

P. Adams Sitney...Self

Harry Smith...Self

Michael Snow...Self

Amy Taubin...Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1986) (Movie) (13)

Kenneth Anger...Self

Robert Breer...Self

Shirley Clarke...Self

Willard Van Dyke...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self

Peter Kubelka...Self

Jim McBride...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self

Oona Mekas...Self

Hermann Nitsch...Self

P. Adams Sitney...Self

Andy Warhol...Self
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) (Movie) (11)

Stan Brakhage...Self

Jane Brakhage...Self

Robert Breer...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self

Peter Kubelka...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self

Oona Mekas...Self

Hermann Nitsch...Self

P. Adams Sitney...Self

Andy Warhol...Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) (Movie) (7)

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Piero Heliczer...Self

Taylor Mead...Self

Barbara Rubin...Self

Harry Smith...Self

Jack Smith...Self

Amy Taubin...Self
Galaxie (1966) (Movie) (6)

Storm De Hirsch...Herself

Amy Taubin...Herself

Jerome Hill...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Tom Chomont...Himself
Jonas in the Desert (1994) (Movie) (6)

Kenneth Anger...Himself

Stan Brakhage...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

Taylor Mead...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
Cinématon (1978) (Movie) (5)

Michael Snow...N°44

Paul Sharits...N°120

Stephen Dwoskin...N°121

Peter Kubelka...N°295

James Broughton...N°409
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Stan Brakhage...Himself

Robert Breer...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Michael Snow...Himself
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007) (Movie) (5)

Jack Smith...Himself (archive footage)

Tony Conrad...Himself

Ken Jacobs...Himself

Taylor Mead...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
Couch (1964) (Movie) (4)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Piero Heliczer...Himself

Taylor Mead...Himself

Amy Taubin...Herself
Dirt (1965) (Movie) (4)

Storm De Hirsch...

Barbara Rubin...

Jack Smith...

Andy Warhol...Self
Filmmakers (1969) (Movie) (4)

Stan Brakhage...Himself

Jack Smith...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself

Takahiko Iimura...Himself
Joan of Arc (1967) (Movie) (4)

Tony Conrad...

Allen Ginsberg...

Jack Smith...

Andy Warhol...
Notes on Marie Menken (2006) (Movie) (4)

Kenneth Anger...Himself

Stan Brakhage...Himself (archive footage)

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)
The Illiac Passion (1967) (Movie) (4)

Taylor Mead...The Demon or Sprite

Andy Warhol...Poseidon

Gregory J. Markopoulos...Narrator / The Filmmaker

Jack Smith...Orpheus
The Stone Age (1970) (Movie) (4)

Viva...

Michel Auder...

Jack Smith...

Michael Snow...Aristotle
The Velvet Underground (2021) (Movie) (4)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Amy Taubin...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)

Tony Conrad...Self (voice)
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) (Movie) (4)

P. Adams Sitney...

Chantal Akerman...

Amy Taubin...

Michael Snow...
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Shirley Clarke...

Ken Jacobs...

Michael Snow...
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Stan Brakhage...Himself

Jane Brakhage...Herself

P. Adams Sitney...Himself
Cat's Cradle (1959) (Movie) (3)

Jane Brakhage...Self

Stan Brakhage...Self

Carolee Schneemann...Self
Early Monthly Segments (2003) (Movie) (3)

Robert Beavers...

Gregory J. Markopoulos...

Tom Chomont...
Happy Birthday to John (1997) (Movie) (3)

Andy Warhol...Himself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself
Heads (1969) (Movie) (3)

Stephen Dwoskin...

Gregory J. Markopoulos...

Carolee Schneemann...
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Michel Auder...

Piero Heliczer...

Taylor Mead...
Langlois (1970) (Movie) (3)

Kenneth Anger...Self

Viva...Self

Michel Auder...Self
Lions Love (1969) (Movie) (3)

Viva...Viva

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Andy Warhol...Himself (uncredited)
Paradise Not Yet Lost (aka Oona's Third Year) (1979) (Movie) (3)

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Oona Mekas...Herself

Hermann Nitsch...Himself
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990) (Movie) (3)

Andy Warhol...Self

Allen Ginsberg...Self

Barbara Rubin...Self
Tally Brown, New York (1979) (Movie) (3)

Taylor Mead...

Rosa von Praunheim...

Andy Warhol...
The Feature (2008) (Movie) (3)

Michel Auder...

Viva...

Andy Warhol...
Underground New York (1968) (Movie) (3)

Allen Ginsberg...Himself

Shirley Clarke...Herself

Adolfas Mekas...Himself
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989) (Movie) (3)

Andy Warhol...Himself (archive footage)

Taylor Mead...Himself

Viva...Herself (archive footage)
**** (1967) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...

Viva...Girl in Bed
Abstract Cinema (1993) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Malcolm Le Grice...
Andy Warhol (1987) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Himself

Viva...Herself
Andy Warhol (1973) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Himself

Viva...Herself
Award Presentation to Andy Warhol (1965) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Himself

Gregory J. Markopoulos...Himself
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground (2018) (Movie) (2)

Amy Taubin...

Barbara Rubin...Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Darling (2010) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Taylor Mead...Self
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Kurt Kren...

Hermann Nitsch...
Blonde Cobra (1963) (Movie) (2)

Ken Jacobs...

Jack Smith...Madame Nescience
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Viva...

Andy Warhol...
Chelsea Hotel (1981) (Movie) (2)

Viva...

Andy Warhol...
Chronicles: Morocco (1972) (Movie) (2)

Michel Auder...

Viva...
Ciao! Manhattan (1973) (Movie) (2)

Viva...Diana - Vogue editor

Allen Ginsberg...Himself
Cinématon XIII (1981) (Movie) (2)

Paul Sharits...N°120

Stephen Dwoskin...N°121
Cleopatra (1970) (Movie) (2)

Viva...Cleopatra

Taylor Mead...
Dog Star Man (1965) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Jane Brakhage...
Dog Star Man: Part I (1963) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Jane Brakhage...
Dog Star Man: Part III (1964) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Jane Brakhage...
Dog Star Man: Part IV (1964) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Jane Brakhage...
Emma's Dilemma (2012) (Movie) (2)

Carolee Schneemann...Herself

Ken Jacobs...Himself
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Jack Smith...Himself (archive footage)

Tony Conrad...Himself (archive footage)
From the Notebook of... (1971) (Movie) (2)

Robert Beavers...Himself

Gregory J. Markopoulos...Himself
Full Circle: Before They Were Famous (2010) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks (1964) (Movie) (2)

Jack Smith...Self

Andy Warhol...Self
Grand Opera: An Historical Romance (1978) (Movie) (2)

Michael Snow...Wilma Schoen

Stan Brakhage...Himself (voice)
Guns of the Trees (1961) (Movie) (2)

Adolfas Mekas...Gregory

Allen Ginsberg...Self (voice)
Hallelujah the Hills (1963) (Movie) (2)

Jerome Hill...Convict I

Taylor Mead...Convict II
Hare Krishna (1967) (Movie) (2)

Barbara Rubin...Herself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself
Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel (2017) (Movie) (2)

Harry Smith...

Allen Ginsberg...
In the Fabulous Underground (2012) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Jesus (1979) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...

Viva...
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (1991) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...Himself

P. Adams Sitney...Himself
Lonesome Cowboys (1968) (Movie) (2)

Viva...Ramona D'Alvarez

Taylor Mead...Nurse
Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) (Movie) (2)

Ken Jacobs...Self

Adolfas Mekas...Self
Melba Film Coop (1977) (Movie) (2)

Guy Fihman...Himself

Claudine Eizykman...Herself
Midnight Cowboy (1969) (Movie) (2)

Viva...Gretel McAlbertson

Taylor Mead...The Party
Normal Love (1964) (Movie) (2)

Tony Conrad...Mummy

Andy Warhol...
Plan of Brussels (1968) (Movie) (2)

Robert Beavers...

Jacques Ledoux...
Poem Posters (1967) (Movie) (2)

Jack Smith...Himself

Andy Warhol...Himself
Political Portraits (1969) (Movie) (2)

Gregory J. Markopoulos...Narrator (voice)

Birgit Hein...Herself
Prelude: Dog Star Man (1962) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Jane Brakhage...
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972) (Movie) (2)

Peter Kubelka...Himself

Adolfas Mekas...Himself
San Diego Surf (1968) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Taylor

Viva...Susan Hoffman
Satisfaction (1966) (Movie) (2)

Barbara Rubin...The Nun

Jack Smith...God
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch (2005) (Movie) (2)

Hermann Nitsch...himself

Peter Kubelka...himself
Sexual Meditation: Faun's Room, Yale (1972) (Movie) (2)

P. Adams Sitney...Himself

Jane Brakhage...Herself
Shadows in the City (1990) (Movie) (2)

Jack Smith...Spirit of Death

Taylor Mead...Father
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Jane Brakhage...

Stan Brakhage...
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Jack Smith...The Spirit Not of Life But of Living

Ken Jacobs...Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Tarzan

Andy Warhol...
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Self

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
The Art of Vision (1965) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...Man

Jane Brakhage...Woman
The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin (1984) (Movie) (2)

Stephen Dwoskin...Himself

Jacques Ledoux...Himself
The Cockettes (2002) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)

Taylor Mead...Self (archive footage)
The Genius (1993) (Movie) (2)

Tony Conrad...Dirk Dirkson

Adolfas Mekas...Dr. Corbin
The Hedge Theater (2003) (Movie) (2)

Robert Beavers...Himself

Gregory J. Markopoulos...Himself
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968) (Movie) (2)

Tony Conrad...

Jack Smith...
The New Cinema (1968) (Movie) (2)

Viva...

Andy Warhol...
The Nude Restaurant (1967) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...Harmonica Player

Viva...The Waitress
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man (1981) (Movie) (2)

Taylor Mead...The Atom Man

Jack Smith...
The Soap Opera (1964) (Movie) (2)

Piero Heliczer...

Jack Smith...
The Stars Are Beautiful (1974) (Movie) (2)

Jane Brakhage...Herself

Stan Brakhage...Narrator (voice)
Thot-Fal'N (1978) (Movie) (2)

Jane Brakhage...Herself

Allen Ginsberg...Himself
Tortured Dust (1984) (Movie) (2)

Stan Brakhage...

Jane Brakhage...
Uncle Howard (2017) (Movie) (2)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)
Underground and Emigrants (1976) (Movie) (2)

Rosa von Praunheim...

Andy Warhol...
Untitled Nam June Paik Documentary (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)
Valie Export - Icon and Rebel (2015) (Movie) (2)

Valie Export...Herself

Carolee Schneemann...Herself
Venus in Furs (1965) (Movie) (2)

Barbara Rubin...The Nun

Piero Heliczer...
Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959) (Movie) (2)

Jane Brakhage...

Stan Brakhage...
What is Cinema? (2013) (Movie) (2)

Chantal Akerman...Self

Ken Jacobs...Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) (Movie) (2)

Andy Warhol...Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg...Self (archive footage)
Window Water Baby Moving (1959) (Movie) (2)

Jane Brakhage...Self (uncredited)

Stan Brakhage...Self (uncredited)
Winged Dialogue (1967) (Movie) (2)

Robert Beavers...

Gregory J. Markopoulos...

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