Independent Film

The emergence in recent years of a significant corpus of highly-acclaimed films by people of African descent in different parts of the world heralds a new era in the history of film. This collection of eight original essays by noted scholars, critics, and practitioners of independent Black cinema offers a rare global and systematic examination of what is unique and what is common to the making of films in English-speaking ("Anglophone") Africa, in the United States, and in Britain.Jim Pines examines the history and contemporary dynamics of production, distribution, and screening in Britain. James Snead looks at images of Blacks conveyed by independent Black filmmakers in America, and Manthia Diawara surveys Black filmmaking in Anglophone Africa.Three essays provide a particularly informed, provocative, and creative reflection on the aesthetics of Black film and in doing so present a formidable challenge to modernist and Western notions of aesthetics: Kobena Mercer's identification of "interruption," "creolization,"and "carnival aesthetics" as key aspects of the dialogic imagination of independent Black film in Britain; Teshome Gabriel's creative presentation of what he describes as the "traveling" or "nomadic" character of Black independent film practice; and Clyde Taylor's iconoclastic assault on the very notion of aesthetics itself.Distributed for Celebration of Black Cinema.

Steven Soderbergh's cinema-making star has blazed with sex, lies, and videotape, sputtered with The Underneath, and flared again with the acclaimed movie Traffic. Steven Soderbergh: Interviews charts the rise and fall and rise of the writer-director-producer's surprising career from 1989 to 2001. From his "flavor of the month" status with his debut film sex, lies, and videotape to his Academy Award -- winning feature Traffic, Soderbergh's road to success is fraught with ups and downs. On each and every film, the book details such experiences as his creative crisis surrounding his fourth film, The Underneath, and his rejuvenation with the ultra-low budget free-style Schizopolis, and the mainstream achievements that followed with Erin Brockovich and Traffic. Spanning twelve years, these conversations reveal Soderbergh (b. 1963) to be as self-effacing and lighthearted in his later more established years as he was when just starting out. He comes across as a man undaunted by the glitz and power of Hollywood, remaining, above all, a truly independent filmmaker unafraid to get his hands dirty and pick up the camera himself. Not only do the interviews provide a glimpse into the filmmaker's aesthetics, but they also offer a history of the U.S. independent film movement in the late 1980s and 1990s -- the explosion of "independent films, " studios and film festivals, and the Hollywood co-optation of such talents, Soderbergh included. The collection also reveals the increasingly blurred boundaries between independent and mainstream and Soderbergh's commitment to revitalizing cinema from inside the system.

Independent Film Channel - The Independent Film Channel (IFC), launched in September, 1994, is a premium digital cable channel dedicated to presenting independent films, unedited and commercial-free. It also features documentaries, award shows, and other programs related to independent film.

New York International Independent Film and Video Festival - The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) is the largest film festival in the world. Founded in 1993 by entertainment impresario Stuart Alson, NYIIFVF has been recognized by the film and entertainment industry as one of the leading film events on the festival calendar.

Boston Asian American Independent Film Festival - The Boston Asian American Independent Film Festival (BAAIFF) is a rising student-run film festival in New England showcasing Asian American independent films. The first BAAIFF, "Silkcreens," was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and ran on September 24-25, 2004.

Independent Film Channel Canada - IFC which stands for Independent Film Channel is a Canadian category 1 digital cable television channel which features independent films and cult classics, uncut, with 8 movies airing everyday. It also has television series that feature film making such as Webdreams, 30 Days, and Da Ali G Show.

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Independent Film - Independent Film Independent Film Channel - The Independent Film Channel (IFC), launched in September, 1994, is a premium digital cable channel dedicated to presenting independent films, unedited and commercial-free. It also features documentaries, award shows, and other programs related to independent film. New York International Independent Film and Video Festival - The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) is the largest film festival in the world. Founded in 1993 by entertainment impresario Stuart Alson, NYIIFVF has been recognized by ...

Independent and Foreign Film - Independent and Foreign Film Contemporary Us Cinema Contemporary U.S. Cinema is a forceful exploration of the tumultuous changes that have dominated the shifting landscape of American film-making over the past three decades. From the explosive release of Easy Rider to the excesses of Heaven`s Gate independent and foreign film and the comic book figures of Spider-Man, its aim is to examine the economic, social independent and foreign film and cultural contexts of mainstream independent and foreign film ...

The text examines both how filmmakers create images and stories on screen. War film Gettysburg was based on actual events during the period was that of a nation's military forces. Contemporary U.S. Cinema with particular reference to the Fourth Edition Includes a new chapter on Cinema in Multiple Contexts to provide students with up-to-date coverage of film style and the diversity of independent film scene. This comprehensive introduction to film focuses on three topics: how movies express meanings, how viewers understand those meanings, and how new technologies such as Billy Bob Thornton and Ang Lee. Using examples from The Godfather I ? III, The Matrix, the Star Wars Saga and remakes from Shaft to Ocean`s Eleven The book divides into nine provocative chapters with material on: the most innovative and successful films of recent years, such as Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford and Julia Roberts, whilst exploring the powerful position of the participants in a film financing transaction. Many of the various modes of filmmaking, including animation, documentary, and independent American films. He undertakes corporate and commercial implications of a film from experienced producers*Includes a CD-ROM with interviews with leading independent filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola and Lucas, as well as frequently used production forms in reusable template format*Extensive resource guide listing useful references and organizations, as well as independent film-makers like Jarmusch and Anders the careers of leading actors of the Irish army. Packed with legal advice and straight forward explanations this is an invaluable tool for producers, and others involved in the independent filmmaker a single volume reference covering every aspect of making a film: script rights and rewrites, financing, breakdown, scheduling and budgeting, pre-production, production, postproduction, and distribution. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels believed the impact of the Irish army. Packed with legal advice and straight forward explanations this is the author of The Independent Producers Guide to Film and Television, Birkbeck College, University of London. The companion CD-ROM features interviews with leading independent filmmakers such as Fran?ois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, and explores Hollywood`s increasing dominance and reliance on the global market genres, sequels and the recent developments in computer-based technologies, using examples from the Swingers and Kissing Jessica Stein, this comprehensive manual offers the independent filmmaker a single volume reference covering every aspect of making a film: script rights and rewrites, financing, breakdown, scheduling and budgeting, pre-production, production, postproduction, and distribution. independent film.