This event is in the past.It took place on April 17, 2026 at The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NACG).
DocumentaryDocumentaryJon Jost's "Speaking Directly: Some American Notes"
April 17 at 7pm
Midtown, New York
🪑Limited seating — arrive early
🎬Jost refused the draft, served 2 years in prison
🎞️Part of "Films for Social Change" series finale
Raw political cinema from 1974, when Jon Jost turned the camera on himself to dissect America mid-crisis. No polished nostalgia here: just urgent, uncomfortable truths from an artist who served time for refusing Vietnam.
underground cinema
political documentary
1970s experimental
anti-war film
DocumentaryDocumentaryJon Jost's "Speaking Directly: Some American Notes"
April 17 at 7pm
Midtown, New York
🪑Limited seating — arrive early
🎬Jost refused the draft, served 2 years in prison
🎞️Part of "Films for Social Change" series finale
Raw political cinema from 1974, when Jon Jost turned the camera on himself to dissect America mid-crisis. No polished nostalgia here: just urgent, uncomfortable truths from an artist who served time for refusing Vietnam.
underground cinema
political documentary
1970s experimental
anti-war film