[3] After Slumdance, Flemming turned his attention from indie film to theater with Bat Boy: The Musical.
The stage musical is based on a story about a half-bat half-boy from the tabloid Weekly World News.
Variety called it, "a crackling good movie... [that] may be the ideal prototype film for the digital age".
Through interviews with biblical and folklore scholars, Flemming investigates the evidence for the existence of Jesus, concluding that it is highly improbable that the Christian savior ever actually lived.
[17] Flemming founded the organization Free Cinema, which encourages feature filmmakers to create films under two rules:[11] Flemming claims that filmmaking can now be "as inexpensive as writing novels"[This quote needs a citation] and that the copylefting practice is a way for new artists to gain notice and distribution in a marketplace dominated by large corporations.
Flemming is also the owner and operator of Fair Use Press, which distributes e-books critical of public figures such as Bill O'Reilly and Arnold Schwarzenegger for their stance on intellectual property law.
The festival's founder, Peter Baxter, later told Flemming that legal considerations prevented SCMRPG from receiving the award.