This was a pretty thorough profile of underground filmmaker and performance artist Jack Smith. Although most well-known for the groundbreaking film Flaming Creatures, his experience with the film's distribution led him to never complete another film ever again. Instead, he devoted his life to putting on avant-garde plays in his studio loft to bewildered art crowds.
Smith spent his life fighting his fame and drove most people who knew him away. So, he's probably the most mysterious of the underground film crowd who came to prominence in the '60s. This documentary finally sheds some light on his life and career. Featuring great archival footage, we get to see Smith's humble small-town beginnings, the successful photography career he abandoned, clips from his never-completed films and some performace video. There's also interviews with Smith's contemporaries and admirers, so it's a good all-around profile.
You can read my full review at Bad Lit.