Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Screening
Directing her first feature length documentary,
Xan Cassavetes, explores the historic influence of Z Channel;
showcases the important voice the station gave filmmakers;
examines the great influence the Los Angeles-based channel
had on modern cinema, independent filmmaking, and the development
of cable television; and chronicles the brilliant, but troubled
life and controversial suicide of Jerry Harvey, the visionary
programmer behind Z Channel.
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