Independent filmmaking around the globe / edited by Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson. - xii, 313 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-308) and filmography (pages 275-281).

Foreword : Producing independently in a global industry / David Hamilton -- Introduction : The meaning of independence: concepts, contexts and interpretations / Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson -- Part I. Independent film vis-à-vis the local and global mainstream : An increasingly global presence: contemporary American independent cinema outside the United States / Yannis Tzioumakis -- European Union Initiatives for independent filmmakers across Europe / Teresa Hoefert de Turégano -- Dependency and independence in British independent film / Erik Knudsen -- From Aussiewood movies to guerrilla filmmaking: independent filmmaking and contemporary Australian cinema / Mark David Ryan -- Independent filmmaking in the Peruvian context: seeking meaning / Gabriela Martínez -- Part II. The meaning of independence in regions of conflict and change : In the shadow of the studios, the state and the multiplexes: independent filmmaking in Greece / Lydia Papadimitriou -- Turkish dependent cinema: between bourgeois auteurism and political radicalism / Murat Akser -- Filmmaking in Iraq: a rebirth / Mary P. Erickson -- The grassroots perspective: sixth generation cinema and independent filmmaking in China / Hongwei Lu -- Independent filmmaking in Africa: new voices and challenges / Martin Mhando -- Part III. Digital media and the independent voice : Syiok Sendiri?: independent filmmaking in Malaysia / Gaik Cheng Khoo -- Independent filmmaking in the Canadian Arctic / Doris Baltruschat -- Digital video films as "independent" African cinema / Sheila Petty.

With chapters on under-explored cinemas as well as traditional centres, Independent Filmmaking around the Globe explores how contemporary independent filmmaking increasingly defines the global cinema of our time

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2015296921

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Independent films--Production and direction.
Independent films--History and criticism.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Cine independiente--Estados Unidos
Cine independiente --Crítica e interpretación --Estados Unidos
Cineastas estadounidenses
Cine independiente --Producción y dirección --Estados Unidos
Cine independiente --Historia y critica --Estados Unidos

PN 1995.9 / I38 2015

791.4309