Film

Fragments of Paradise

2022 · 1h 38m · Documentary

"Catch some of the beauty, some of the happiness..."

IMDb

7.5

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he chronicled the trauma and loss of exile while pioneering institutions to support the growth of independent film in the United States. Fragments of Paradise is an intimate look at his life and work constructed from thousands of hours of his own video and film diaries-including never-before-seen tapes and unpublished audio recordings. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, and a man who tried to make sense of it all... with a camera.

Jonas Mekas

Self (archive footage)

Amy Taubin

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

John Waters

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self

Flo Jacobs

Self

Ken Jacobs

Self

M.M. Serra

Self

Jim Jarmusch

Self

Penny Arcade

Self

Lee Ranaldo

Self

Phuong Bui

Self

Edita Mekaitė-Rubinienė

Self

Ina Mekaitė-Guogienė

Self

Greg Smulewicz Zucker

Self

Lolita Jablonskienė

Self

• KD DavisonDirector · Producer
• Elyse FrenchmanProducer
• Matthew O. HendersonProducer
• Leanne CherundoloProducer
• Sebastian MekasExecutive Producer
• George KunhardtExecutive Producer
• Peter W. KunhardtExecutive Producer
• Teddy KunhardtExecutive Producer
• Oona MekasExecutive Producer
• Bill KirsteinDirector of Photography

Release date

August 31, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

All

Genres

Documentary