Widely regarded as the godfather of modern American avant-garde film. Lithuanian avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas has died at the age of 96, reports The Associated Press. He died at home on Wednesday morning (January 23). Mekas was a pioneer of the modern American avant-garde film, capturing Jacqueline Kennedy, Yoko Ono, John Lennon and some of the earliest…

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