Taylor & Francis Ltd - Screening American Independent Film - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: This indispensable collection offers 51 chapters each focused on a distinct American independent film. Screening American Independent Film presents these films chronologically addressing works from across more than a century (1915 2020) emphasizing the breadth and long duration of American independent cinema. The collection includes canonical examples as well as films that push against and expand the definitions of "independence." The titles run from micro - budget films through marketing - friendly Indiewood projects from auteur - driven films and festival darlings to B - movies genre pics and exploitation films. The chapters also introduce students to different approaches within film studies including historical and contextual framing industrial and institutional analysis politics and ideology genre and authorship representation film analysis exhibition and reception and technology. Written by leading international scholars and emerging talents in film studies this volume is the first of its kind. Paying particular attention to issues of diversity and inclusion for both the participating scholars and the content and themes within the selected films Screening American Independent Film is an essential resource for anyone teaching or studying American cinema.
Title: Screening American Independent Film
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032160627
Pages: 500 Pages, 52 Halftones, Black And White; 52 Illustrations, Black And White
Publication Date: 5/31/2023
Series: Screening Cinema
Category: Media Studies