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Inspired by Tom Roston’s oral history I Lost It at the Video Store, this playful feature-length documentary uses a deep local focus to show how VHS changed art forever. As the video shop era fades to black, Rainbow Video delves into the eclectic personal collections and practices of some of Melbourne’s most renowned contemporary media artists. Through lively interviews and site studies of many legendary, now-defunct video shops and libraries in Melbourne, Rainbow Video uncovers a secret history of a brief but impactful era in which video shops weren’t just a footnote in film-distribution history but a crucial period of creative transition whose impacts live on.