Kenneth Anger, self-described "left-handed fanatic craftsman," is one of the most brilliant and influential American avant garde filmmakers. Since his 1947 film Fireworks, a startling and humorous homoerotic fantasy he filmed in his Hollywood home at age 17, Anger has been in the forefront of the underground film move-ment. While several of his films have been lost or destroyed, those that exist are dazzling, evocative works concerned with magic, ritual, popular icons, sexuality, religion and mythology.

Calling his lifework the "Magick Lantern Cycle" (a reference to the dawn of cinema, when every film was an experiment), Anger attempts to cast a spell over the audience with his films, films which reflect his worship of the spirit of Lucifer, "Lucifer created his own light show in heaven", writes Anger. And with typical humor, "Eventually he was expelled for playing the stereo too loud."

Program I contains Fireworks, Rabbit's Moon, Eaux d'artifice, and Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.