If you lived in L.A. in the 1980s, loved movies, and watched cable television, then you probably spent most of your waking hours viewing the eclectic programming of Z Channel, a precursor to IFC and the Sundance Channel, programmed by manic film fanatic Jerry Harvey. Director Xan Cassavetes looks back on the short history of the channel which became a showcase for international and independent cinema, as well as “misunderstood” Hollywood epics such as Heaven’s Gate and Once Upon a Time in America. Drawing on extensive interviews with those who loved to watch including Quentin Tarantino, Alexander Payne and Robert Altman, Cassavetes thoughtfully examines the unusual circumstances in which a vanguard enterprise could find success in the corporate establishment of television programming.