This event is in the past.It took place on November 11, 2025 at The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG).
DocumentaryDocumentaryKen Jacobs' seven-hour Frankenstein assemblage stitches Nixon's "Checkers" speech, vintage cartoons, and anarchic Jack Smith street performances into a sprawling takedown of American capitalism spanning Eisenhower to Trump.
Experimental cinema
Virtual screening
Political art
Underground film
Tips
🎬"we do not know whether to laugh, cry, run out screaming, or applaud" (Jonas Mekas)
⏱️it's 7 hours 20 minutes—plan accordingly
📺virtual screening via Vimeo link after registering
Ken Jacobs' Star Spangled to Death
DocumentaryDocumentaryKen Jacobs' seven-hour Frankenstein assemblage stitches Nixon's "Checkers" speech, vintage cartoons, and anarchic Jack Smith street performances into a sprawling takedown of American capitalism spanning Eisenhower to Trump.
Experimental cinema
Virtual screening
Political art
Underground film
Tips
🎬"we do not know whether to laugh, cry, run out screaming, or applaud" (Jonas Mekas)
⏱️it's 7 hours 20 minutes—plan accordingly
📺virtual screening via Vimeo link after registering
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