AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE: KURT HEYL

2025

11m

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Overview

Before Brakhage and Landow, there was Kurt Heyl, a South Side native, musician, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s first film student, who briefly held together that school’s experimental film program with spit, spirit, and stubborn grit. Built from Heyl’s own words and images, this video essay kicks off the Chicago Media Histories Project with a rough-edged tribute to a nearly forgotten chapter in underground cinema.

Status: Released

Language: EN

Production Information

Production Countries

United States of America

Quick Facts

Release Date	December 1, 2025
Status	Released
Language	EN

Cast

Kurt Heyl

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Josh B Mabe

Director

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