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Mike Diana

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Statue in the ParkStatue in the Park · 1996
Statue in the Park
1996
Movie
Two strippers decide a walk in the park might lift their spirits, which do get a big boost when they contemplate a park monument dedicated to sailors in this audacious, “beefy” romp.
Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike DianaBoiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana · 2018
Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana
★ 7.12018
MovieDocumentary
Florida, 1994. Artist Mike Diana is convicted on an obscenity charge in the wake of an undercover police officer purchasing his limited edition zine Boiled Angel. Here is the very unusual story of what led to this First Amendment debacle happening for the first time in the United States.
AfflictionAffliction · 1996
Affliction
★ 5.01996
MovieDocumentary
This 45 minute documentary by Mark Hejnar is a sort of Whitman's Sampler of sickness, chronicling such wildly diverse and extreme personalities as G.G. Allin, Mike Diana, Full Force Frank, GLOD, Annie Sprinkle, and others. This collection of short clips and vile moments is certainly NOT for the squeamish, as these are the artists and performers who have taken the term "free expression" to it's limits--and beyond.
Blood BrothersBlood Brothers · 1989
Blood Brothers
★ 7.01989
MovieHorror
In 1986 as a teen, Mike Diana bought a video camera and using his younger brother and sister as actors made a gore film inspired by the horror videos he was a fan of...
Savage ReligionsSavage Religions · 2006
Savage Religions
2006
MovieAnimation
Thirty artists from eleven countries have created a visual trip to hell that was inspired by the devotion pictures of the La Major cathedral in Marseille. This absurd mix of styles is close to the Art Brut. The ugly, blasphemous and obscene work stresses out the often anarchic side of the animation film and is easily incorporated into the complete works of the artists collective Le Dernier Cri, which was founded in 1993 in Marseille.
Ecstasy in EntropyEcstasy in Entropy · 1999
Ecstasy in Entropy
★ 5.21999
MovieDrama
An agit-prop edutainment ho down featuring a bevy of warrior lapdancers struggling to overthrow corporate state capitalism and rancid criminal globalisation through amateur wrestling, gun juggling and anarchist debate.
A Forked WorldA Forked World · 2004
A Forked World
2004
Movie
A highly sexual, verbally abusive woman fights to regain the highly sexual, verbally abusive partner she first met from the clutches of a 'celibate passivity cult.
The ShedThe Shed · 1983
The Shed
★ 6.01983
Movie
A group of friends is hunted by a vicious serial killer whose weapons of choice are everyday gardening tools. THE SHED was an incomplete Super 8mm short shot by artist Mike Diana. The footage was compiled in a longer reel of more Diana 8mm films included on Factory 25's Mike Diana Film Collection blu ray. It debuted as a stand alone short at PhilaMOCA on July 13th, 2026 with the addition of a new title screen, text crawl, and end title.

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