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EZTV: ALTERNATIVE VISIONS FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD

August 15 – August 20

August 15-20, 2025

In 1979, Hollywood Reporter correspondent and aspiring filmmaker John Dorr made his first feature using nothing more than a Betamax VCR and a borrowed bank security camera, and began a revolution. Within four years, he’d make three additional features and launch EZTV: a production co-op and first-of-its-kind “Video Gallery” with regular weekly programming akin to what we’d now call a microcinema. From more traditional narrative dramas, comedies, horror, erotica, and documentaries to an increasing emphasis on cutting-edge video, digital, and performance art, EZTV provided the space and equipment for independent artists of all stripes and backgrounds to realize their visions.

“EZTV: Alternative Visions from West Hollywood” celebrates the diverse range of videomakers and communities that found a home at EZTV and honors the global influence that it has had on the development of DIY cinema and video and digital art. Featuring dozens of long-unseen videos and new preservations of key works from undersung auteurs and artists like James Robert Baker, Ken Camp, Michael J. Masucci, and Jamie Walters, “EZTV: Alternative Visions from West Hollywood” is an expansive tribute to a still under-appreciated institution.

Guest-programmed by Elizabeth Purchell and Hollywood Entertainment.

The first program in the series - taking place on Friday, August 15 at 7:30 and featuring Ken Camp's HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS and other short films - is a co-presentation with Narrow Rooms. For details about that opening night program, click here.

Special thanks to Michael J. Masucci, Ken Camp, Ron Robertson, James Williams, Sebastian, Nan Kinney, Dave Curlender, Nina Rota, Beth Lapides, John Fleck, John Hays, Rachel Rosenthal Company, Strawn Bovee, Irene Roseen, Sirri Murad, Pat Miller, Jackie Forsyte, Jessica G.Z., Erik Varho, Pascaline Morincome, Sibylle De Laurens, Gaspard Nectoux, Loni Shibuyama (ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives), Todd Wiener & Steven Hill (UCLA Film & Television Archive), Veronica Luke (Origins Archival), and Warren Chan.

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