Founded in 1994, the New York Underground Film Festival occurs each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City. It is noted for documentary and experimental film programming, and has occasionally courted controversy, particularly in its early years. Some of these have included: premiering a documentary about NAMBLA in 1994; premiering a film by Mike White in 1995 that accused Quentin Tarantino of plagiarism; being protested by Reverend Fred Phelps in 2002 (apparently for not choosing to show a film about Phelps); and premiering a theatrical version of Brad Neely's Harry Potter parody "Wizard People, Dear Reader," which eventually led to action by Warner Brothers to suppress future theatrical performances of the work. Nevertheless, though the festival has remained a small affair, and has little value as a market, its programming has attained a certain prestige, especially among younger or more experimental filmmakers. Anthology Film Archives is a cinema and film archive in the East Village neighborhood of New York City devoted to the preservation and exhibition of experimental film. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... An experimental film is a film organized neither as narrative fiction nor as non-fiction. ... The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is a U.S.-based group that calls for the elimination of age-based restrictions on sexual behavior. ... Mike White (born June 28, 1970) is a writer, actor, and producer for TV and film. ... Quentin Tarantino, playing Mr. ... Fred Phelps, c. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Wizard People, Dear Reader (2004) is an unauthorized spoof soundtrack of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by Brad Neely, a comic book artist from Austin, Texas of the U.S.. This soundtrack is composed of two audio CDs. ... Warner Bros. ...
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Official website for the New York Underground Film Festival
Founded in 1994, the NewYorkUndergroundFilmFestival occurs each March at Anthology Film Archives in NewYork City.
It is noted for documentary and experimental film programming, and has occasionally courted controversy, particularly in its early years.
Nevertheless, though the festival has remained a small affair, and has little value as a market, its programming has attained a certain prestige, especially among younger or more experimental filmmakers.
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