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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Sep 27

At Black Zero, we rely on Canada Post for all of our shipping needs. As of September 25, 2025, Canada Post has gone on strike. As a result, we must pause all shipments until their operations resume.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and support.

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Sep 17

Check out this review of our recent screening in Santa Fe!

sfreporter.com/arts/oh-cana...

Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Next Thursday, September 11, at Innis Town Hall, as part of the ongoing Ad Hoc programming - our new restoration of Larry Kardish's Slow Run! With the filmmaker in person. Don't miss this hidden gem of the New York Underground. Discs will be for sale at the launch.

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Aug 25

An important update for our U.S. customers…

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jul 5

The cameraless animation film Tender (2021), available on our new release of projects by media artist Christine Lucy Latimer. "The transparent, holographic portions from Canadian dollar bills are contact printed on to 16mm film." Filmmaking can be like a license to print money...

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jun 24

Available as of today in the Black Zero store!

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · May 31

A few of our wonderful filmmakers! Rick Hancox, Keith Lock, Josephine Massarella, Arthur Lipsett - self-portraits from some of the films you can buy today at blackzero.ca!

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · May 23

Now showing at the Art & Trash patreon and on our YT and Vimeo channels - Freedom to the Filmmaker: an interview with Madi Piller about her work with Pix Film, a studio dedicated to the production and exhibition of innovative media art!

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/129527129?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKcmkxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHquVcFlBR6kdtdwYTVArIlwWhDyD1FVJk4kytCyaxJmRtLY9sTzhNibM749b_aem_FnTEFNT-w7BiKlzhDdPWQA

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Apr 25

They watched. They wrote. They reminded us why we do this. Read what Black Zero customers are saying on Letterboxd and follow our new account there! Lists to follow.

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Apr 24

From classic experimental shorts to long-lost underground features, every Black Zero release is crafted with care: restored, contextualized, and brought into conversation with the present.

Follow us as we continue to spotlight the artists who make Canadian cinema unforgettable.

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Apr 24

Black Zero is a home for visionary Canadian experimental filmmakers.

We work closely with artists to preserve, present, and celebrate cinema that defies convention—films that speak to the radical, personal, and poetic histories of Canada’s moving image culture…

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Apr 2

Keith Lock’s Everything Everywhere Again Alive. Available now on Blu-Ray Disc from Black Zero! #canadiancinema #canadianfilm #experimentalfilm #cinema #environmental #physicalmedia

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Stephen Broomer @stephenbroomer.bsky.social · Feb 24

On Thursday night at Ad Hoc, I presented four documentaries on art by Jim Davis. You can watch the whole programme, intro and films, at @artandtrash.bsky.social’s Patreon and YouTube channels. The Dynamic Arts: Documentaries by Jim Davis
youtu.be/LrA9if2cthA

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Feb 8

Arthur Lipsett’s Strange Codes is the legendary found-footage filmmaker’s first and only independent film. Dense with enigmatic gestures and private allusions, it operates “at the midway points between the primitive, ritualized world and the world of logic and science.”

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Feb 6

Our disc Richard Kerr: Field Trips includes, among its bonus features, this video essay by the great Canadian film scholar Bart Testa. Invitation to the Voyage (29 mins) is a comprehensive discussion of Kerr's American films. Watch an excerpt below! Available now from blackzero.ca

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Feb 6

H2EEF EXTRA: "Imprints" and "Codes for North" with Stephen Broomer

How to Enjoy Experimental Film · Episode

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thank you!

JkstrHmstr @jkstrhmstr.bsky.social · Feb 5

From the great nation of Canada, all the way to the island of Java! It got here shockingly quick! Beautiful release, too. The essay booklet by Brett Kashmere is stellar. Thank you @blackzerodisc.bsky.social !

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Feb 3

Consider supporting this proudly Canadian company!

Black Zero

Black Zero is a home video publisher specializing in Canadian underground movies.

www.blackzero.ca

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jan 31

On the latest episode of How To Enjoy Experimental Film, Stephen Broomer talks about restoring and publishing the films of Josephine Massarella, for our fifth release, available now!

H2EEF Spotlight:

Podcast Episode · How to Enjoy Experimental Film · 2025-01-30 · 49m

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jan 23

Check out this podcast interview - Daniel Adams in conversation with Black Zero filmmaker Richard Kerr!

How to Enjoy Experimental Film @h2eef.bsky.social · Jan 23

New episode out now! Richard Kerr is a giant in Canadian experimental film. This episode takes a broad look at Richard's career, with a particular focus on the "American" trilogy, which has been released on Blu-Ray by Stephen Broomer at Black Zero. #experimentalfilm #podcast #filmartist

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Kier-La Janisse @kierlajanisse.bsky.social · Jan 15

Filmmaker, archivist, curator + founder of SF's Other Cinema Craig Baldwin (TRIBULATION 99, SPECTRES OF THE SPECTRUM etc) needs your help! gofund.me/8d358a8c

Donate to HELP SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF S.F. FILMMAKER CRAIG BALDWIN!!, organized by Friends of Craig Baldwin

CRAIG BALDWIN, the genius found footage filmmaker, legendary … Friends of Craig Baldwin needs your support for HELP SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF S.F. FILMMAKER CRAIG BALDWIN!!

gofund.me

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jan 3

Today in the Globe and Mail, Eric Veillette writes about Black Zero, the value of home media in keeping culture vital and shining a light on rare experiences - and reminds us what an honour it is to get to do this work!

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jan 6

After two decades, Richard Kerr returned to the theme of American desolation with Field Trip...

Field Trip can be found on our release of Richard Kerr's America films - Richard Kerr: Field Trips - available now in our online store!

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jan 4

Thanks James!

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Black Zero @blackzerodisc.bsky.social · Jan 3

Today in the Globe and Mail, Eric Veillette writes about Black Zero, the value of home media in keeping culture vital and shining a light on rare experiences - and reminds us what an honour it is to get to do this work!

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