Contemporary American Independent Film: From the Margins to the Mainstream

From Easy Rider to The Blair Witch Project, this book comprehensively studies the independent film scene and traces the changing ideas and definitions of independent cinema, and the diversity of independent film practices over the past thirty years.

Author: Christine Holmlund
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/30/2004
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.24w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780415254878

About the Author
Chris Holmlund is Professor of Cinema Studies, Women's Studies and French at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of (Routledge, 2003) and co-editor of (Minnesota University Press, 1997). She is working on a book on action films. Justin Wyatt is Executive Director, Research at the ABC Television Network. He holds a Ph.D. in Critical Studies from UCLA, and is the author of (University of Texas Press, 1994) and (Flicks Books, 1998).