The team at OR Books are so impressed with OVID’s unique and alternative curation that they accepted our request to share their staff picks for your viewing pleasure! Hidden in the cavernous back room of the Francis Kite Club in Manhattan’s East Village, OR Books amplifies dissident, progressive voices. An independent publishing house founded in 2009 by […]

Reclaiming the meaning of independence and documentary film Long before influencers and the “creator-economy” existed, four feminist filmmakers frustrated with mainstream distribution channels founded New Day Films. Operating as a filmmaker-run collective since 1971, New Day now has 140 filmmaker member-owners and a collection of over 300 titles. New Day’s catalogue includes many groundbreaking social […]

“Where the allusiveness of dance meets the intimacy of film to create a new kind of magic!”—The New York Times For the fifth year running, OVID is hosting the internationally renowned LA-based film festival Dance Camera West, presenting their 2025 edition exploring dance in the context of experimental cinema and documentary. Showcasing a curated selection […]

Ovid asked me to recommend a selection of films streaming on their channel. Initially attracted by the documentaries they offer about musicians I love, including Ornette Coleman, Pulp, Bill Callahan, and the Magnetic Fields, instead I picked ten features that are not music docs. Nevertheless, I do have to recommend Joe Angio’s Revenge of the […]

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