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Late-night radio host Dale Sweeney's usual line up of odd-ball, conspiracy-obsessed callers is interrupted by a panicked phone call in an indecipherable language. When FBI agents arrive investigating the call, Dale enlists his friends help to uncover what he hopes is the amazing identity of this first time caller.

We follow the life, health and career of the Grammy award winning Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama. This journey is woven together with "Gospel at Colonus"

The Age of Insects follows the metamorphosis of a young delinquent forced by his parents to undergo dubious "orthopodization" treatments from an insect-obsessed doctor.

A radio DJ contemplates her memories surrounding the story of Pamela Ferguson, a 23 year old waitress who went missing after a shift at the Entre restaurant in Winslow, Arizona

Spin Cycle is a bizarre fantasy set in a hallucinatory Manhattan laundromat. It is about two men who end up in a struggle that questions what is fantasy and what is reality. Exquisitely shot in black and white 16mm by cinematographer Frank Linkoff, this surreal 16-minute film evokes a sensuous and disturbing feeling. The collision of these two highly delusional characters creates chaos in this abstract and highly interpretable film. One can find meditations on subjects that range from the male gaze and the nature of femininity to human perceptions of fantasy and reality,

Before Survivor, Big Brother, The Apprentice or Keeping Up with the Kardashian and Ru Paul's Drag Race there was "Narrowcast", a beautifully crafted 35mm short that has been wildly praised as the most prescient film ever made about Reality TV. Taking his cues from experiencing firsthand Reality TV production, writer and director Eric Marciano exposes the techniques that began way back in the 1940s with Queen for Day and evolved into MTV's The Real World and are essential part of the numerous and fast spawning siblings and subgenres of alleged "reality" in this sharply witty satire. He reveals the exploitation, the contrived scripts, the unbelievable set ups and fake conflicts that are the mold that make this genre stink and yet so incredible successful. On full display are the humorous and frightening characters that are the operative norm in the creation of this hugely successful media genre. "Narrowcast" is the story of the powerful and the powerless, both of whom are equally ridiculous, and dangerous. The results are clear in his convincing treatment of the central character, "Ms. Candy Cane," an aging and depressed drag queen brilliantly played by Chris Tanner as she is unwittingly is exploited for her television-rating potential by her media maven Tanya Pilfer nastily played by Mary Lou Wittmer and her team of smarmy producers. A must see that was made part of the permanent film collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 2018 and screened there as part of the "Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978-1983 show" which ran from October 31st 2017 to April 1st 2018.

In "Broccoli: Taxicab Confessions", a broccoli taxi driver rants to a rider. In "The Raven", a raven raps the famous Edgar Allen Poe poem. In "Nanna & Lil' Puss Puss: Common Cents", Nanna visits the gynecologist (Lil' Puss Puss), with complaints that coins are falling out of her genitalia. In "Genre", an off-screen animator torments a cartoon rabbit by putting him in various styles of film. In "Billy Ray Shyster's House of Discount Special Effects", a cowboy hat-wearing salesman offers to do any special effect for only $19.95. In "Robin", the titular character goes to the movies with a friend, where a fat film buff annoys them. In "Death Wears a Plush Jacket", a bear that lives in a balloon is impaled by a giant needle. Also contains the shorts "Incident at Palm Beach", "Dogfishing", and "Opposing Views".