This event is in the past.It took place on April 18, 2026 at Spectacle.
Two Wrenching Departures is Ken Jacobs' flickering memorial to collaborators Jack Smith and Bob Fleischner, weaving Lower East Side footage into a hypnotic 90-minute elegy set to a 1933 barbarian epic.
Avant-garde film
Experimental cinema
Micro-cinema
Memorial tribute
Tips
⚡intense strobe effects throughout
🍺BYOB (keep it respectful)
🎤intro by James Otis
The Whole Shebang: Two Wrenching Departures
Williamsburg
Two Wrenching Departures is Ken Jacobs' flickering memorial to collaborators Jack Smith and Bob Fleischner, weaving Lower East Side footage into a hypnotic 90-minute elegy set to a 1933 barbarian epic.
Avant-garde film
Experimental cinema
Micro-cinema
Memorial tribute
Tips
⚡intense strobe effects throughout
🍺BYOB (keep it respectful)
🎤intro by James Otis
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