Hell in a Handbag April 24-27 2025





Hell in a Handbag 14 April 24-27 2025

Tonight !  In honor of visionary filmmaker and artist Tim Hix aka Crushed Blacks we host a nano-cinema full of out films, projection art and all things slurred and sliced. 


Crushed Blacks Film Night as part of Hell in Handbag 14. 


8pm-12. FREE 


(the) Handbag Factory  HIAH 14 FILM PROGRAM. 


Bandito Overlord (2014)  16min


A psychotic western terrorizing false gurus. A first of many collaborations with director Tim Hix and sound artist Samur Khouja. 


Everybody Loved Her (2025)  5min

A short documentary of family secrets. Directed by Leah King


Bottom of the Barrel  10min

A washed up logo icon searches for meaning on Los Angeles’ east side.

Directed by Eggm


Rapid Eye Mania Vol 1 3min

Experimental exploration of the existential and ecstatic meanderings of an early 20 yr old.

Directed by Eggm


November 1st 10min

Aging millenial Lanie wakes up violently hungover after a halloween party and realizes she has a job interview to go to. Feat music by the Christian Lovers and other local classics.

Directed by Eggm


LA Babylon 4min

A Crushed Blacks / Tim Hix masterwork in deep glitch and chop and screw. One of thousands from the archive. 


E.C.H.E.L.O.N AV DEMO 5:34min

Unreleased audio visual demo from Tim Hix’s decades long visual album project. Featuring many guest musicians and barbaric performances from Tim, a project is currently underway to recover and assemble lost footage and material.


Call an Uber Directors Cut (2022) 4min

Crushed Blacks / Tim Hix’s last film project directing the debut Lazer Diamond track. He quietly released this director’s cut unknown to the band before passing away shortly after. Directed by Tim Hix


My Last Day at Bumblebee Tuna (2023) 1:34min

A man commits suicide inside a giant vat of tuna because they wouldn’t pay him overtime.

Directed by Samur Khouja / Lazer Diamond. 


How to Explain Laughing to Dead Flowers 1hr:11min

Directed by Ten-Headed Skeleton


Onslaught of the Dead 1hr:28min

Directed by Ten-Headed Skeleton




 

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