Cinema of Transgression

Borrowing elements from No Wave cinema, the cinema of transgression emerged in the mid-80’s to describe the work of underground New York filmmakers such as Richard Kern and Casandra Stark. The term was coined by Nick Zedd.

Cinema of Transgression Manifesto (1984)
by Nick Zedd

We who have violated the laws, commands and duties of the avant-garde; i.e. to bore, tranquilize and obfuscate through a fluke process dictated by practical convenience stand guilty as charged. We openly...