Jack Smith Movies

A Nietzschian parable on the fate of innocence, THE TRAP DOOR follows the mishaps of Jeremy (John Ahearn) as he is fired by his boss (Jenny Holzer),g...

This is one of several films and slide shows that feature Smith as a mock celebrity. It opens with the excerpt from No President originally called "Ma...

Iimura creates a short self-portrait as well as brief portraits of five of his peers: Brakhage, Vanderbeek, Smith, Mekas and Warhol. In each portrait,...

... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroug...

In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and performan...

Shot at Warhol's Silver Factory, Camp features a group of Superstars putting on a "summer camp" talent show complete with singing, dancing, jokes, poe...

During its 1969 showings at the Elgin Theater, No President was preceded by the color short filmed according to Smith’s direction by photographer Don...

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's perform...

Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.

An examination of the history of the U.S. through archival footage and contrasting views of society, incorporating audiovisual material ranging from p...

This compilation of Gerard Malanga's short films consists of a collection of extremely rare footage and film portraits providing candid and interestin...

The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...

A documentary on the beginnings of the cultural revolution on the Lower East Side, New York.

The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, a...

At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.

Part of Andy Warhol's Screen Tests series. Filmmaker and performance artist Jack Smith.

A phantasmagoric exploration into the violence we house within ourselves.

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

Ron Rice's Chumlum is one of those films in which the conditions of its construction are integral to the experience of watching it. It is a record of...

Part of the Dirt Trilogy