Movies that mention zines?

[ramsey everydaypants]

Hi! We're starting to plan fundraisers for the Chicago Zine Fest and we're going to have an outdoor movie night. We're trying to think of fun suggestions for a movie to show and I was thinking it might be fun to show a movie that was slightly zine-related. Any ideas?

[Melissa Ann Manfredi]

Ghost World :)

[Ericfishlegs]

I don't think they mention zines, but the movie SLC PUNK has kind of a ziney aesthetic. And Harvey Pekar self published his own comics for a while (until he got a publisher) so maybe AMERICAN SPLENDOR.

[Derek Neuland]

check out this thread, there might be some in there: http://wemakezines.ning.com/forum/topics/zines-in-fiction

[Mony Nunez]

in ghost world, the only thing close to zines, was when the "77punkrock" enid walks into the zine distro with becca. or was it a regular comic bookstore?
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and this sounds like a great, btw.

[ramsey everydaypants]

that's enough of a reference. just something the slightly nods at zines is fine. =0) thanks

Monika Nunez said:

in ghost world, the only thing close to zines, was when the "77punkrock" enid walks into the zine distro with becca. or was it a regular comic bookstore?
=-]
and this sounds like a great, btw.

[Mony Nunez]

=D

[Harley R. Pageot]

What about the $100 And A T-Shirt documentary on the Portland zine scene?

[Royce Icon]

The horror film Love Object has a character that created zines when she was younger. I doubt the film would suit your needs though.

[Necro Neil]

Itty Bitty Titty Comittee is about the riot grrrl scene and DIY queer culture, Im sure theres some zines in there somewhere!

[Aj Michel]

There was an independent film about about ten years ago called GODASS directed by Esther Bell that was very, very zine-centric. The lead character published a punk zine and interviewed bands for it. I reviewed it for a film magazine in 2000. I don't know if it's on video, but maybe if you approach the director she will let you screen it, especially for a zine fest fundraiser.

GODASS The Movie

[Serah-Marie]

From 2000-2002 there was TV show from Canada called "Our Hero" that was all about a girl who wrote a zine - each episode was about an issue of her zine. I really liked it when it was on, you can get it on DVD now...http://www.ourhero.tv/