Pioneering Queer Filmmaker and Provocateur Kenneth Anger Dead at 96

Kenneth Anger, one of America's first openly gay filmmakers, has died at the age of 96.
Anger's films broke taboos, explored queer themes, incorporated popular music, and laid groundwork for avant-garde art.
Anger authored Hollywood Babylon, a controversial chronicle of early Hollywood scandals that was banned for years in the U.S.
Anger saw film as a spiritual medium that transforms the viewer.
Anger's influence spanned from experimental film to music videos to major directors like Martin Scorsese and David Lynch.