small movies is constantly perusing the globe in favor of graphics, text and propaganda relating to antique, obscure, and inexpensive alternatives to the swirling migraine known these days as "media production".

here's how you can help!

send any and all pictures, manuals, pamphlets, technical documents, manifestos, frame enlargements, how-to books and relevant materials to:

smallmovies@anomie.org
(or for the electronically ambivalent)
406 broderick st.
san francisco, ca 94117

you may say to yourself right now: "it seems like small movies are pretty selective, niched even, about the kinds of materials they endorse and use. i don't know if i can help out or not!"

well make no mistake: small movies are serious business. they were founded on the very principle of having already lost the battle. and the fact that the battle still continues at all is testament enough to their cagey instincts and wiry power. small movies have been demeaned and attacked and taken advantage of since they were introduced some 73 years ago. it's high time to turn the tide.

anything you can contribute at all is most certainly appreciated, and will win you a spot in small movies' heart.


here's a list, of things that may someday arrive, with you're help:

  • thousands of pictures of regular-8 cameras, projectors, filmmakers
  • hundreds of essays and tips on hand-processing, tinting, and toning
  • kilos of info on "unamerican" formats like nuef-et-demi, single-8 with optical sound-on-film
  • volumes declaring war on "mainstream" sutured bullshit
  • corrections of the many errors contained within these pages
  • millions of documents on splicing, the best labs, filming techniques, the history of kodachrome
  • a poetic ode to your nizo or bolex or brownie or pathe
  • tons of practical info on film preservation, sources of goods and services, interesting filtration
  • lists and databases of small movie festivals and exhibitors
  • billions of small movie success stories

any of the above or anything else or even just notes of support should be directed to the above address.

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