From the flickering silent images of the nickelodeon to the roaring vibrancy of today's digital video productions, independent cinema has always challenged the

The independent sector has produced many of the most distinctive films to have appeared in the US in recent decades. From 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' in the 1980s

The most important development in American culture of the last two decades is the emergence of independent cinema as a viable alternative to Hollywood's safe an

The rise of independent cinema in Southeast Asia, following the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers there, is among the most significant recent developm

This anthology addresses the salient aesthetic, ideological and economic determinants of independent American cinema over the past three decades.