For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he chronicled the trauma and loss of exile while pioneering institutions to support the growth of independent film in the United States. Fragments of Paradise is an intimate look at his life and work constructed from thousands of hours of his own video and film diaries-including never-before-seen tapes and unpublished audio recordings. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, and a man who tried to make sense of it all... with a camera.
Unfortunately the movie Fragments of Paradise is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | KD Davison | Director |
Sound | Saul Simon MacWilliams | Original Music Composer |
Production | KD Davison | Producer |
Sound | Osei Essed | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Bill Kirstein | Director of Photography |
Production | Elyse Frenchman | Producer |
Visual Effects | Chris Tucci | Visual Effects |
Editing | Michael Levine | Editor |
Production | Matthew O. Henderson | Producer |
Production | Leanne Cherundolo | Producer |
Production | Sebastian Mekas | Executive Producer |
Production | George Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
Production | Peter W. Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
Production | Teddy Kunhardt | Executive Producer |
Production | Oona Mekas | Executive Producer |