Private Project

FLARE: Dusk of My Demon Brother

Documentary short exploring renowned Independent Filmmaker Kenneth Anger's Magick-making in 1967 San Francisco.

  • Philip Zimmerman
    Director
  • Philip Zimmerman
    Producer
  • Mister WA
    Producer
    Children of the Cockettes
  • Yoli Hodde
    Producer
  • Kenneth Anger
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Timotha Doane
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Ben Van Meter
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Mister WA
    Photography
  • Doug Hilsinger
    Music
    'Bomb'
  • Camille O'Grady
    Music
    'New York Inferno'
  • Randy and the Randies
    Music
    '12" Vinyl LP'
  • Philip Zimmerman
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 6, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • N/A
Distribution Information
  • N/A
Director Biography - Philip Zimmerman

Philip Zimmerman is an artist whose work spans 4 decades having worked and lived in Portland OR, New York City and San Francisco.
His work runs across many mediums and disciplines including painting, sculpture, poetry, music and film.

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Director Statement

FLARE: Dusk of My Demon Brother is a love vision for the Master Filmmaker Kenneth Anger. We explore Kenneth Anger's Equinox of the Gods performance held on the Fall Equinox of 1967 in San Francisco. Anger has referred to this event as "the Last Blast of Haight consciousness". We engage his ritual by filming in the same location where Anger lived and filmed in 1960's San Francisco; interviewing people who were participants and raising the energies and demons of this storied and magikal past. For this project I partnered with Benoit Lacasse aka Mister WA.
Media cowboy Mister WA has been exploring San Francisco Arts and communities for two decades. While giving an original voice to Bay Area artists and connecting the community with short films, Mister WA has deeply integrated the many Bay Area creative families he frequently collaborates with. A segment of his “Children of The Cockettes” production about the present-day heritage of the legendary psychedelic San Francisco troupe was awarded the Best Documentary Film Award at the San Francisco Queer Film Festival in 2021.