Tough Stuff from the Buff: Experimental and Activist Video from the Fringes of Buffalo, NY · Bike Film Tour 2009

IN PERSON: Curators Marc Moscato and David Gracon
► Out of the post-industrial ghost-lands of Buffalo, a media scene has emerged with an urgency, tradition and aesthetic all its own. With roots in the early media activism of the 1970s, and supported by a network of artist-run initiatives, the city has only recently started to become recognized for its lo-fi, experimental and, above all, uncompromising body of film and video. This collection acknowledges the origins of this tradition, while focusing on contemporary examples of those persevering against the odds to create media in a dying Rust Belt town.

Buffalo We’re Looking Good! (WKBW, 1980s) | Oscular Pets (Tony Conrad, 2003) | Main Attraction (Paris Henderson, 2006) | Fork (Chris Ernst, 2007) | Oh, Buffalo! (Marc Moscato, 2005) | Transient Views of WNY (Terry Cuddy, 2004) | Lenox (Esther Johnson, 2004) | Evidence (Critical Art Ensemble, 2004) | Poor White Trash Girl: Class Consciousness (Kelly Spivey, 2002) | Watch me break it down (Julie Perini, 2006) | I Luved This City (Stephanie Gray, 2000) | Choose Your Own Adventure (Real Dream Cabaret (2005)| Walk (Meg Knowles, 2006) | Vacancy (Gabriella Citriniti, 2006) | The 12th Man (David Gracon, 2009)

Running time: approx. 70 mins.

OFF-SITE DIM Event #1
“Everything I’ve Ever Done: D.I.Y, Municipal Policy, and Community Change”
AV Lecture by Marc Moscato - Buffalo, NY
Tuesday July 21 @ 7:00 pm – Location TBA.

OFF-SITE DIM Event #2
DIM at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival!
Friday, August 21 - 7:00pm
Vancity Theatre - Vancouver International Film Centre, 1181 Seymour

Visit www.dimcinema.ca for details and updates.