Stephen Broomer
{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker}}
Stephen Broomer (born 1984) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker, film scholar and video essayist.{{cite web|url=https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-2206-stephen-broomer|title=Light Cone - Stephen BROOMER|website=lightcone.org|access-date=2024-08-02}} He is the founder of the home video label Black Zero, specializing in rare Canadian experimental films,[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-preserving-the-history-of-canadian-experimental-film-on-blu-ray/ Preserving the history of Canadian experimental films, on Blu-ray - The Globe and Mail] and is also the host of the video essay series Art & Trash and Detours (since 2021).{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-2022|title=The best video essays of 2022 {{pipe}} Sight and Sound|website=bfi.org.uk|date=13 January 2023 |access-date=2024-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-2021|title=The best video essays of 2021 {{pipe}} Sight and Sound|website=bfi.org.uk|date=18 January 2022 |access-date=2024-08-02}}[https://www.bfi.org.uk/polls/best-video-essays-2023 The best video essays of 2023|BFI][https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-2024 The best video essays of 2024|Sight & Sound]
Bibliography
- Hamilton Babylon: A History of the McMaster Film Board (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016)
- Codes for North: the foundations of the Canadian avant-garde film (Toronto: Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, 2017)
- Secret Museums: The Films of Arthur Lipsett (WLU Press, 2025)[https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8646-november-books November Books|Current|The Criterion Collection]
Selected filmography
- Christ Church - Saint James (2011)
- Conservatory (2013)
- Pepper's Ghost (2013)
- Potamkin (2017)
- Tondal's Vision (2018)
- Phantom Ride (2019)
- Resurrection of the Body (2019)
- Lulu Faustine (2020)
- Fat Chance (2021)
Sources:{{cite web|url=https://artlitlab.org/events/potamkin-by-stephen-broomer|title=Potamkin by Stephen Broomer {{pipe}} Arts + Literature Laboratory {{pipe}} Madison Contemporary Arts Center|website=artlitlab.org|date=29 July 2022 |access-date=2024-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/person/stephen-broomer|title=Stephen Broomer - IFFR EN|website=iffr.com|access-date=2024-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/wicked-wicked-split-screen/|website=Film School Rejects|title='Wicked, Wicked,' Polyrhythmic Form, and the Vicious Split-Screen |date=7 April 2023 |access-date=2024-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/pt/notebook/posts/be-it-true-or-be-it-fals-stephen-broomer-discusses-tondal-s-vision|title=Be It True, or Be It Fals: Stephen Broomer Discusses "Tondal's Vision" on Notebook|website=MUBI|date=12 August 2019 |access-date=2024-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/an-experimental-decade-the-features-30-films-of-a-fortunate-man|title=An Experimental Decade, the Features: 30 Films of a Fortunate Man on Notebook|website=MUBI|date=17 December 2019 |access-date=2024-08-02}}{{cite web|url=https://incite-online.net/broomer.html|title=INCITE » Rituals in Transfigured Space: Interview with Stephen Broomer, by Clint Enns|website=incite-online.net|access-date=2024-08-02}}[https://www.lynnesachs.com/tag/figure-and-i/ Figure and I|Lynne Sachs: experimental documentary filmmaker][https://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/tv/artists/broomer-stephen PyRTV][https://filmint.nu/carriage-broomer-potamkin/ The Carriage Set Upright: Stephen Broomer on Potamkin - Film International][https://canyoncinema.com/2023/03/16/now-available-three-new-blu-rays-from-black-zero/ Canyon Cinema : Now in Stock: Three New Blu-rays from Black Zero][https://canyoncinema.com/2018/02/14/canyon-cinema-50-begins-now/ Canyon Cinema : Canyon Cinema 50 — February & March Events][https://tangibleterritory.art/journal/issue-5-content/black-zero-into-the-underground-of-home-viewing/ Black Zero: Into the Underground of Home Viewing - TANGIBLE TERRITORY][https://canyoncinema.com/2020/11/09/now-available-new-digital-files-from-stephen-broomer/ Now Available: New Digital Files from Stephen Broomer][https://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/moments-of-perception-random-canadian-moments/ Moments of perception: Random Canadian Moments – SF Cinematheque]
References
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See also
- Psychotronic film
- Collage film
- Cult film
- Pauline Kael - title of the series named after her essay Art, Trash and the Movies
- Film noir
External links
- [https://www.stephenbroomer.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4781840/ Stephen Broomer at IMDb]
- [https://www.artandtrash.ca/ Official site for Art & Trash]
- [https://vimeo.com/artandtrash Art & Trash video essays on official Vimeo channel]
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Category:Canadian film historians