Ken Jacobs Movies

"fails to distinguish art from history." An eternalism film by Ken Jacobs.

Ken Jacobs short film

An Eternalism film.

Using the same stereoscopic animation technique of Jacobs' recent works Capitalism: Slavery (2006) and Nymph (2007), which he calls "a vigorous 3-D...

An eternalism.

Shot in 1959, Scotch Tape is Jack Smith's first film -- a joyous, three-minute romp, in color, using Peter Duchin's rhumba "Carinhoso" for its...

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An Eternalism film.

Home movie by Ken Jacobs. Black and white and silent.

"NISSAN ARIANA WINDOW is 3/4's of our daughter's name. She was just kid when these pictures were taken. Some were taken before she was born: pregnant...

An Eternalism film.

A study in lunging waves, in 3D.

An Eternalism film.

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for...

Jacobs documents a New York street vendor, taking a short interaction between the vendor and a customer and protracting it into a strobing,...

Jacobs documents the work of artist Ronald Gonzalez in his Binghamton, NY home and studio space. Producing more of an abstract portrait than a...

An Eternalism film.

Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques to footage of his New York City working and living space.

An eternalism film.

An Eternalism film.