By the mid-1980s Courtney Harmel was a key player on New York's Downtown video scene, producing work that documented the No Wave retail and performance culture that flourished in the wake of Club 57. Covering legendary theme nights such as the Andy and Edie Show, Mermaids on Heroin, The June Bride Show, Disco Hospital, and the Fellini Party, at places like Fiorucci, Danceteria, and Limelight, Harmel produced an indelible record of a creative community at play in the darkening shadow of AIDS. Performers and artists featured in this program include Joey Arias, Charles Busch, Alexis del Lago, Divine, John "Lypsinka" Epperson, Tony Frere, Keith Haring, Grace Jones, John Kelly, Gerard Little, Ann Magnuson, John Sex, and Andy Warhol.