Thanks to a generous grant from the Parent’s Association that the UNH Library has matched for the second consecutive year, The Film Underground has picked out an eclectic assortment of DVDs not often found in an academic library. These range from sublimely silly and awful guilty pleasures to indelible achievements in world cinema.
The UNH Film Underground is a student-run organization which sponsors showings of rare, classic, foreign, and independent films on the big screen. Showings are followed by an open forum of discussion and analysis.
Selected Highlights of this year’s selection:
Classic cinema
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Best Years of our Lives
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Producers
Scarface (1932)
International Cinema
The Blue Angel
Good bye Lenin!
Krzysztof Kielowski’s Three Colors
Samurai Rebellion
Solaris
Documentaries
Harlan County U.S.A.
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The NASA Collection
The Planets
Z Channel A Magnificent Obsession
Independent & Cult
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension
Clerks
Duel
Fantastic Planet
He Died with a Felafel in his Hand
TV Shows
Arrested development
Carnivale
Flight of the Conchords
Mr. Show
The Twilight Zone
Too strange for words
The Dinah Shore Portal to Hell
Lost and Found Video Night v. 1
Manos: the Hands of Fate
Werckmeister Harmonies
…and, of course, our personal favorite: Turkish Star Wars!
For many more titles like these, come to the Multimedia Center in Dimond Library and browse the Film Underground section. You can also search the library catalog for the titles mentioned above or the words “Film Underground”. Enjoy!
The first supports the purchase of new laptop computers and cases for the library. Laptops are available for patron use and can be checked out from the Reserve Desk, located on Level 3 in Dimond Library.
Also, the Parents Association has again awarded $2,500 to the Film Underground to add a selection of DVDs to our multimedia collection. These DVDs will be available to patrons and also used for Film Underground film screenings.
The UNH Film Underground is a student-run organization which sponsors showings of rare, classic, foreign, and independent films on the big screen. Showings are followed by an open forum of discussion and analysis. In 2006, the Film Underground formed a partnership with the Collection Development department of the UNH Library.
The UNH Film Underground is a student-run organization which sponsors showings of rare, classic, foreign, and independent films on the big screen. Showings are followed by an open forum of discussion and analysis. Admission is always free.
The group was formed in 2004 by Cinema Studies students seeking an outlet for independent film at UNH. Not finding one, they created the Film Underground. The group has been an official student organization since Spring 2006.
In Fall 2006, the Parents Association generously awarded the Film Underground a $2,500 grant to purchase DVDs for use in film screenings. The Film Underground formed a partnership with the Collection Development department of the UNH Library, which has matched this grant.
Film Underground DVDs have been added to the multimedia collection of the UNH Library and are available to patrons.
The Films
The Film Underground Collection is not intended to be a definitive compilation of the best or most important films ever made; their goal in creating this collection was educational, not archival.
When compiling their selection lists, FU members were encouraged to look beyond any Top 100 Greatest Films lists and ask themselves the questions, “What did I grow up watching, what have I recently discovered, and what do I want to watch now?” While the collection certainly does include acknowledged classics, it also includes a variety of foreign, forgotten, and contemporary independent films that are equally as impressive and enjoyable as their more famous counterparts.
By choosing films based on the unique interests of their members, FU has created a collection that reflects the incredible diversity that the world of cinema has to offer.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Parent’s Association that the UNH Library has matched for the second consecutive year, The Film Underground has picked out an eclectic assortment of DVDs not often found in an academic library. These range from sublimely silly and awful guilty pleasures to indelible achievements in world cinema. 
