This event is in the past.It took place on January 4, 2026 at Metrograph.




Jonas Mekas's five-hour diary film stitches together three decades of life on 16mm—birthday parties, picnics with artists, travels across continents—into what feels less like a movie than a meditation on memory itself.
Experimental cinema
Documentary diary
Avant-garde classic
Tips
⏱️288 minutes with intermission after chapter 6
🎞️"cinema as time mummified" (Reverse Shot)
💵$5 membership saves you $7 on tickets
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw...
Lower East Side




Jonas Mekas's five-hour diary film stitches together three decades of life on 16mm—birthday parties, picnics with artists, travels across continents—into what feels less like a movie than a meditation on memory itself.
Experimental cinema
Documentary diary
Avant-garde classic
Tips
⏱️288 minutes with intermission after chapter 6
🎞️"cinema as time mummified" (Reverse Shot)
💵$5 membership saves you $7 on tickets
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