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Mekas Proud

FRI 4/1 Jonas Mekas is independent cinema’s Che Guevara. The Lithuanian-born “filmer,” who escaped the Nazis for a life in America, dedicated more than 40 years to preserving, protecting and advocating experimental film. An outspoken critic, Mekas was arrested on obscenity charges for screening Jack Smith’s controversial, sexually charged film…

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