If the headline of this Newswire makes sense to you, you already know why the American Genre Film Archive’s new Kickstarter campaign is a big deal. If not, thanks for clicking on it anyway. Here’s what’s up: The American Genre Film Archive is based in Austin, Texas and is devoted to preserving exploitation movies and other forms of genre cinema generally ignored by more “prestigious” film archives. Something Weird is a video company founded by the late Mike Vraney, whose personal obsession with exploitation and horror cinema is reflected both in his company’s output—which includes thousands of titles, including the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, David F. Friedman, and Doris Wishman—and in his massive 35mm film collection.
Source: Get Involved, Internet: Help AGFA preserve the Something Weird archive · Newswire · The A.V. Club