Even with the ubiquity of the Internet, it’s still difficult to find information on underground film: What it is, who’s making it, where you can watch it. These posts hope to shed some light on the issues affecting and shaping the underground film movement today.
I’m working on another big, site-wide project that I haven’t come up with a snappy name for yet, but it’s another type of project I can work on in mini-chunks that will eventually add up to a major positive development for the site. (Knock on wood.) The project involves making Bad Lit’s archives more accessible [...]
Introducing the Underground Film School Guide, which lists North American film schools that have underground filmmakers on their faculty.
The Online Film Critics Society has accepted Mike Everleth as one of their new members for 2010. This is a great honor to be in this organization.
Trace the underground film lineage of Altamont Now from Hans Richter in 1921 to Flaming Creatures to They Eat Scum, Scumrock and more.
For this phase of the project, I’ve added an index of all the DVDs that include avant-garde and experimental films found on the timeline.
The National Film Preservation Foundation and the Film Foundation have announced the 11 films to be preserved by their annual Avant-Garde Masters Grants.
Phase 2 involved me integrating the Underground Film Timeline with Bad Lit’s sister site the Underground Film Guide that includes more info.
Yes, if you start a blog about underground film, you could possibly help change the world for the better!