Paradise Not Yet Lost, or Oona's Third Year

In 1974, Mekas married Hollis Melton. Their daughter, Oona, was born the same year. He made Paradise Not Yet Lost in 1979 with footage shot in 1977. The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year. The film is constructed as a letter to Oona, "to serve her, some day, as a distant reminder of how the world around her looked during the third year of her life. (Mubi)