avant-garde film index

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Supported by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association.

I Am the Hand of Death (Chris Gervais, 2020)

Reviewed by Avant-Garde Film Index I Am the Hand of Death by Chris Gervais seeks to eulogize – visually and aurally – three people who died violent, untimely deaths in their cement plant workplace. Knowing little about the details of the event beyond what the film exposes, I am struck by the melancholia and also — read more

Dec 7, 2020
The Zebra and the Fly (Chris Gervais, 2020)

Reviewed by Avant-Garde Film Index Most noticeable about The Zebra and the Fly (2020) is the nice use of sound, starting, as the film does, on black leader: instrumental music punctuated by abrupt moments of silence, clips of recorded audio messages, and (what feels like) scripted voiceover. The agitation of the subsequent sequence – overexposed — read more

Dec 7, 2020
avant-garde film index needs your help!

A second round of updating on the initial sample is long overdue. But, like most people out there, I have more projects on the go than time. So Avant-Garde Film Index is seeking to partner with an instructor (or instructors) in the 2020-21 academic year who is teaching avant-garde film and is on the hunt — read more

Apr 28, 2020
Welcome to the avant-garde film index!

The Avant-Garde Film Index is an ongoing project, supported by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association. Phase I of the project is now complete and available for use. What you will find here is a framework, based on an initial sample of films and filmmakers, that can and will be expanded upon in — read more

Jul 3, 2012