Stephen Broomer

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Stephen Broomer (born 1984) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker, film scholar and video essayist. [1] He is the founder of the home video label Black Zero, specializing in rare Canadian experimental films, and is the host of the video essay series Art & Trash and Detours (since 2021). [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Sources: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [5] [20]

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  2. "The best video essays of 2022 | Sight and Sound". bfi.org.uk. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  3. "The best video essays of 2021 | Sight and Sound". bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  4. The best video essays of 2023|BFI
  5. 1 2 The best video essays of 2024|Sight & Sound
  6. November Books|Current|The Criterion Collection
  7. "Potamkin by Stephen Broomer | Arts + Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center". artlitlab.org. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  8. "Stephen Broomer - IFFR EN". iffr.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  9. "'Wicked, Wicked,' Polyrhythmic Form, and the Vicious Split-Screen". Film School Rejects. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  10. "Be It True, or Be It Fals: Stephen Broomer Discusses "Tondal's Vision" on Notebook". MUBI. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  11. "An Experimental Decade, the Features: 30 Films of a Fortunate Man on Notebook". MUBI. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  12. "INCITE » Rituals in Transfigured Space: Interview with Stephen Broomer, by Clint Enns". incite-online.net. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  13. Figure and I|Lynne Sachs: experimental documentary filmmaker
  14. PyRTV
  15. The Carriage Set Upright: Stephen Broomer on Potamkin - Film International
  16. Canyon Cinema : Now in Stock: Three New Blu-rays from Black Zero
  17. Canyon Cinema : Canyon Cinema 50 — February & March Events
  18. Black Zero: Into the Underground of Home Viewing - TANGIBLE TERRITORY
  19. Now Available: New Digital Files from Stephen Broomer
  20. Moments of perception: Random Canadian Moments – SF Cinematheque

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