Anthology Film Archives: The Next Screenings, December 1970
Here are the screenings for December 10-30, 1970 of the Anthology Film Archives. The Anthology's original plan was to have three screenings every night of films from their Essential Cinema Repertory Collection, so that each film in the collection would screen once every month.
Anthology Film Archives: The First Screenings, 1970
After years of planning, the Anthology Film Archives first opened its doors in New York City towards the end of 1970. That opening came with great interest and fascination of how the world's first "museum of film" was going to operate like no other theater before it.
Canyon Cinema Cooperative: Catalogue No. 2, Supplement No. 1
In 1966, after six years of existence, the Canyon Cinema experimental film collective of San Francisco, California started its own cooperative distribution center, first listing films in the November '66 issue of their News newsletter
Experimental Film Coalition: The Monthly Screenings
This is Part Two in a series about Chicago's Experimental Film Coalition; and covers their screening series. Formed in 1983, the Experimental Film Coalition started holding regular monthly screenings starting in 1984. The screenings brought to Chicago the work of independent, experimental filmmakers across the country, as well as screening local work.
2011 Images Festival: Official Lineup
The 24th annual Images Festival will consume the city of Toronto with a frenzy of experimental media by Paul Clipson and more.
1946 Art In Cinema: Official Lineup
Check out the list of films that screened at the 1946 Art in Cinema series, which mounted a major retrospective of underground film.
Underground Film History: AFI's Maya Deren Award
From 1986 to 1996, the American Film Institute gave out the Maya Deren award to underground film artists like Kenneth Anger and Shirley Clarke.
Underground Film Yearbook: 1977
Notable underground film events of 1977 were John Waters directing Desperate Living and David Lynch making Eraserhead, plus Ric Shore's brilliant Punking Out.
Notable underground film events of 1976 were the publication of A History of American Avant-Garde Cinema and the production of Jonas Mekas' Lost, Lost, Lost.
Notable underground film events of 1975 were the formation of Berks Filmmakers, the debut of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Amos Poe making Night Lunch.