Xan Cassavetes' documentary chronicles the rise and fall of Z Channel, a Los Angeles-based cable network that championed obscure, independent and foreign films in the 1970s and early '80s.

IFC has greenlit production on the original doc “Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession,” about the groundbreaking cable station of the ’70s and ’80s and its head programmer Jerry Harvey. Project ...

Actually, you can't, since Z Channel — the quirky premium cable channel that grew up in a few areas of Southern California, changed the landscape of movie distribution and then disappeared, all in ...

Before HBO or Blockbuster came along, selected parts of Los Angeles could see movies that were no longer in theaters on the legendary Z Channel. In the 1970s and '80s, the pay TV service was where ...