Broadcast Signal Intrusion, one of this year’s SXSW Midnighters (Image courtesy of Queensbury Pictures) Before there was hacking, there were broadcast signal intrusions: strange incidents where people would hijack TV signals and insert strange clips or weird rantings. Their enduring mystery powers Broadcast Signal Intrusion, the SXSW Midnighter directed by Jacob Gentry. In the period techno-horror, video archivist and camera expert James (Harry Shum Jr.) becomes intrigued, fascinated, and finally obsessed with two of these bizarre transmissions and his belief that they are connected to a trauma that has haunted him. Before the world debut, we chatted with Gentry about what drew him to this topic, and the films that influenced him in creating this tale of cable access madness.