Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : from the margins to the mainstream / Chris Holmlund -- Introduction to 'critical formations' / Chris Holmlund -- Ordinary people, European-style : or how to spot an independent feature / Annette Insdorf -- Independence for independents / Jonas Mekas -- Dimension Pictures : portrait of a 1970s' independent / Ed Lowry -- End of the indies : death of the Sayles men / Jon Jost -- Alternative cinemas / David E. James -- 'Queen of the indies' : Parker Posey's niche stardom and the taste of cultures of independent film / Diane Negra -- Dark, disturbing, intelligent, provocative, and quirky : avant-garde cinema of the 1980s and 1990s / Joan Hawkins -- Communitarianism, film entrepreneurism, and the crusade of Troma Entertainment / Ian Conrich -- John Sayles, independent filmmaker : 'Bet on yourself' / Diane Carson -- Haile Gerima : 'sacred shield of culture' / Mark A. Reid -- Seminal fantasies : Wakefield Poole, pornography, independent cinema and the avant-garde / JoseĢ B. Capino -- Generation Q's ABCs : queer kids and 1990s' independent films / Chris Holmlund -- Just another girl outside the neo-indie / Christina Lane -- Guests at The wedding banquet : the cinema of the Chinese diaspora and the rise of the American independents / Gina Marchetti -- Revisiting 1970s' independent distribution and marketing strategies / Justin Wyatt -- Digital deployment(s) / Patricia R. Zimmerman -- The IFC and Sundance : channeling independence / Robert Eberwein.
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