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“focus on indie, experimental & avant-garde cinema”
Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study and exhibit of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental and avant-garde cinema. Founded in 1969 by Jonas Mekas, Jerome Hill, P. Adams Sitney, Peter Kubelka, and Stan Brakhage, Anthology in its original conception was a showcase for the Essential Cinema Repertory collection. An ambitious attempt to define the art of cinema by means of a selection of films which would screen continuously, the Essential Cinema collection was intended to encourage the study of the medium’s masterworks as works of art rather than disposable entertainment, making Anthology the first museum devoted to film as an art form. The project was never completed, but even in its unfinished state it represented an uncompromising critical overview of cinema’s history, and remains a crucial part of Anthology’s exhibition program.
Film Anthology Archives raised me, cinematically speaking, in a way no other film screening house has. Jonas Mekas and Co. presented an incredible gift to the city and the world at large by... Read more
legendary place. founded by jonas mekas. go there to feel the energy even if you don't see a film. Read more
Just finished my Shūji Terayama Series in Anthology, which might be the first film screening program that I've followed from beginning to end, and I like it so much. I can't imagine if I would... Read more
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