A true legend of experimental and avant-garde cinema and the first cantor of the family film as an art form, Jonas Mekas (1922 – 2019) dedicated his life to the moving image.

This book covers the entire span of Mekas’ life and multifaceted oeuvre, in which artistic practice is intertwined with critical and curatorial practice: from the dissemination of New American Cinema to the foundation of the Anthology Film Archives. On the occasion of the centenary of his birth, this is the first monograph dedicated to him in Italy.