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]
Bibliography
edit- 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)[6]
Selected filmography
edit- Christ Church St. James (2011)
- Pepper's Ghost (2013)
- Potamkin (2017)
- Tondal's Vision (2018)
- Phantom Ride (2019)
- Resurrection of the Body (2019)
- Lulu Faustine (2020)
- Fat Chance (2021)
- Against Illustration: Poetics and Intuition in the Video Essay (2024)
Sources:[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][5]
References
edit- ^ "Light Cone - Stephen BROOMER". lightcone.org. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "The best video essays of 2022 | Sight and Sound". bfi.org.uk. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "The best video essays of 2021 | Sight and Sound". bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ The best video essays of 2023|BFI
- ^ a b The best video essays of 2024|Sight & Sound
- ^ November Books|Current|The Criterion Collection
- ^ "Potamkin by Stephen Broomer | Arts Literature Laboratory | Madison Contemporary Arts Center". artlitlab.org. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Stephen Broomer - IFFR EN". iffr.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "'Wicked, Wicked,' Polyrhythmic Form, and the Vicious Split-Screen". Film School Rejects. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Be It True, or Be It Fals: Stephen Broomer Discusses "Tondal's Vision" on Notebook". MUBI. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "An Experimental Decade, the Features: 30 Films of a Fortunate Man on Notebook". MUBI. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "INCITE » Rituals in Transfigured Space: Interview with Stephen Broomer, by Clint Enns". incite-online.net. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ Figure and I|Lynne Sachs: experimental documentary filmmaker
- ^ PyRTV
- ^ The Carriage Set Upright: Stephen Broomer on Potamkin - Film International
- ^ Canyon Cinema : Now in Stock: Three New Blu-rays from Black Zero
- ^ Canyon Cinema : Canyon Cinema 50 — February & March Events
- ^ Black Zero: Into the Underground of Home Viewing - TANGIBLE TERRITORY
- ^ Now Available: New Digital Files from Stephen Broomer