Adaptations Film Series: Ken Jacobs

Ken Jacobs was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1933. He studied painting with Hans Hofmann, one of the prime creators of Abstract Expressionism in the mid-fifties. It was then that he also began filmmaking ( Star Spangled To Death ). In 1967, with the involvement of his wife Florence and many others aspiring to a democratic, rather than demagogic cinema, he created The Millennium Film Workshop in New York City. A nonprofit filmmaker's co-operative open to all, it made available film equipment, workspace, screenings and classes at little or no cost.