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John Pierson introduces SPLIT SCREEN Season Six
Episode 1
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Split Screen: S6-E1 From Homicide to Ho Chi Minh
Episode 2
Movie Saves Town: an indie effort revitalizes Holland, MI; Doug Stone visits Tony Bui, director of THREE SEASONS, and his Vietnamese cast; Homicide is Good: the indie film landscape in Baltimore; SE7EN: suspense, murder, stuffed animals! Original air date 09/29/98
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Split Screen: S6-E2 Billy Wilder’s Shoes
Episode 3
Making Films, Selling Shoes: director Steven Proto enlists the help of Billy Wilder; How’d You Do That?, on working with a deaf actress; Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley ride along with LA’s most famous nonworking actor; an encounter with Seymore Butts: Filmmaker. Original air date 10/05/98
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Split Screen: S6-E3 Kuchar Kuts Loose
Episode 4
George Kuchar, beloved innovator, underground filmmaker, and San Francisco film teacher; KIDS: promiscuous stuffed animals in NYC; 15 budding auteurs in Austin produce one feature together; Indie Dogs with Marina Zenovich; Artmark—activism, film, and videotape. Original airdate 10/12/98
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Split Screen: S6-E4 Guy Maddin Mystifies
Episode 5
Manitoba Tonight: Guy Maddin; How’d You Do That: Archival FX; ’MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Meets IRONSIDE”: Muscular Dystrophy poster-girl now turned indie action flick director Jenni Gold; Tanya Hamilton looks at several decades of Jamaican film culture. Original air date 10/19/98
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Split Screen: S6-E5 Almost Heaven, West Virginia: The Jacob Young Special
Episode 6
Regional filmmaker par excellence, Jacob Young, in his own backyard. Meet an Elvis-channeling schizophrenic tap dancer, a cross-planting evangelical, a cranky chemical plant owner, and a pedophile Swami. Directed by Amy Elliot: we proudly present the filmmaker who to us embodies the true spirit o...
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Split Screen: S6-E6 Projections: Jonas Mekas
Episode 7
Celebrating Jonas Mekas, a true underground hero who tirelessly championed experimental filmmakers and their “essential cinema” for half a century. A man of many hats, he directed, wrote about and showcased avant garde films, eventually giving them a home at Anthology Film Archives, playing a key...