The panel of judges included "Variety" columnist Herman G. Weinberg and actor Darren McGavin. "Chumlum" was selected as one of the 330 films in Anthology Film Archives' Essential Cinema Repertory Collection as chosen by the selection committee of Stan Brakhage, James Broughton, Ken Kelman, Peter Kubelka, Jonas Mekas and P. Adams Sitney. More information about Ron Rice's work can be found in Wheeler Winston Dixon's book "The Exploding Eye", a history of experimental film in the 1960s.