The IMC Micro-Film Fest -- Wed. April 23, 7 - 11 PM

This "Night of Counter (Culture) Programming" will present two feature-length films and two short subjects that depict artists, writers, publishers, and media activists using their talents to hold their ground against seemingly insurmountable odds. Feature selections include the critically acclaimed documentary "Horns and Halos," about the embattled author and publisher of the George W. Bush tell-all "Fortunate Son," and the gonzo musical comedy "Existo," about a shock-haired revolutionary who leads his followers against political naysayers using song, dance, art, and spoken word.

Preceding "Horns and Halos" at 7 p.m. will be the hard-hitting spoof "Killing Michael Bay," depicting the travails of two hardy independent filmmakers that kidnap Bay, the director of Hollywood big-budget epics including "Pearl Harbor" and "Armageddon." Matched with "Existo" at 9 p.m. will be "Gimme the Mermaid," an animated collage by Negativland that comments on fickle entertainment industry mind-sets using familiar cartoon imagery.

The Micro-Film Fest runs April 23 from 7 to 11 PM at the Urbana-Champaign IMC, 218 W. Main St in Downtown Urbana. There is a suggested donation of $2-10 at the door.

The IMC Micro-Film Fest is a collaboration between the U-C IMC's Video Group and Micro-Film Magazine, the locally published journal of personal cinema.

The Video Group is a part of the U-C IMC collective that focuses on producing challenging independent video, sharing video production skills, and promoting and showing radically independent videos to the community. The Video Group sponsors programs on Urbana Public TV on Insight Cable Channel 6, seen the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 8 PM.

The U-C IMC Video Group welcomes anyone interested in making and promoting truly independent video and film, and meets Tuesday nights at 7:30 PM at the IMC.