Jonas Mekas
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title:
Jonas Mekas
text:
Jonas Mekas was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwide. Mekas was active in New York City, where he co-founded Anthology Film Archives, The Film-Makers' Cooperative, and the journal Film Culture. He was also the first film critic for The Village Voice. In the 1960s, Mekas launched anti-censorship campaigns in defense of the LGBTQ-themed films of Jea
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Lithuanian-American filmmaker (1922–2019)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Mekas
date created:
2004-04-02T02:02:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T18:37:19Z
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