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Jonas in the Jungle

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Jonas in the Jungle
Directed byJonas Mekas
StarringJonas Mekas
CinematographyPeter Sempel
Edited byPeter Sempel
Release date
2013
Running time
98 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguagesEnglish, German subtitles

Jonas in the Junble is a 2013 documentary film by Peter Sempel about the filmmaker Jonas Mekas. It is part of a long term series of films about Mekas, ( Jonas in the Desert (1991), Jonas at the Ocean (2004)). The earlier films were focused more on Mekas' work, while this film is more about the life of the 'legend of film avant-garde' as he enters his 90's, still working, and still maintaining relevance in the modern world.

The film also explores the Anthology Film Archives, of which Mekas' was one of the cofounders.

The film premiered Oct 3, 2013, in Hamburg, Germany.

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