Stephen Broomer is a filmmaker and film historian whose films have been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin Directors Lounge, and Lincoln Center.

"In Hamilton Babylon [Stephen Broomer attempts] to recuperate the history of the student-run McMaster Film Board – particularly with the story of its founding member, experimental filmmaker John Hofsess. "- Jeff Fedoruk (Canadian Literature Reviews, 234 Autumn 2017) "This is an interesting, and often passionately written, contribution to Canadian film history that shines a light on a key moment in the creation of the country’s independent cinema, and, in particular, argues for a re-evaluation of both the artistic and historical importance of the era’s experimental cinema."- David Hanley, Carleton University (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)

• Chapter One: A Dangerous PrecedentChapter Two: Assembling PleasureChapter Three: A New PresidentChapter Four: Participatory DemocracyChapter Five: Seize the ProjectorsChapter Six: Sync Sound Arrives, 1970Chapter Seven: The Film Board Presidents on TrialChapter Eight: The AppealChapter Nine: Show BusinessAppendix: McMaster Film Board Filmography

Stephen Broomer is a filmmaker and film historian whose films have been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin Directors Lounge, and Lincoln Center.

"In Hamilton Babylon [Stephen Broomer attempts] to recuperate the history of the student-run McMaster Film Board – particularly with the story of its founding member, experimental filmmaker John Hofsess. "- Jeff Fedoruk (Canadian Literature Reviews, 234 Autumn 2017) "This is an interesting, and often passionately written, contribution to Canadian film history that shines a light on a key moment in the creation of the country’s independent cinema, and, in particular, argues for a re-evaluation of both the artistic and historical importance of the era’s experimental cinema."- David Hanley, Carleton University (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)

• Chapter One: A Dangerous PrecedentChapter Two: Assembling PleasureChapter Three: A New PresidentChapter Four: Participatory DemocracyChapter Five: Seize the ProjectorsChapter Six: Sync Sound Arrives, 1970Chapter Seven: The Film Board Presidents on TrialChapter Eight: The AppealChapter Nine: Show BusinessAppendix: McMaster Film Board Filmography

Stephen Broomer is a filmmaker and film historian whose films have been screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin Directors Lounge, and Lincoln Center.

"In Hamilton Babylon [Stephen Broomer attempts] to recuperate the history of the student-run McMaster Film Board – particularly with the story of its founding member, experimental filmmaker John Hofsess. "- Jeff Fedoruk (Canadian Literature Reviews, 234 Autumn 2017) "This is an interesting, and often passionately written, contribution to Canadian film history that shines a light on a key moment in the creation of the country’s independent cinema, and, in particular, argues for a re-evaluation of both the artistic and historical importance of the era’s experimental cinema."- David Hanley, Carleton University (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)

• Chapter One: A Dangerous PrecedentChapter Two: Assembling PleasureChapter Three: A New PresidentChapter Four: Participatory DemocracyChapter Five: Seize the ProjectorsChapter Six: Sync Sound Arrives, 1970Chapter Seven: The Film Board Presidents on TrialChapter Eight: The AppealChapter Nine: Show BusinessAppendix: McMaster Film Board Filmography