Distributor Q&A: Wolfe Releasing
A lot has changed since 1985, when Kathy Wolfe started Wolfe Releasing in order to distribute lesbian films on video. …
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A Q&A with our readers
After sending out our email blast to over 10,500 former AIVF members andIndependent subscribers, I was pleased to receive an…
The Independent is Back!
As you may have heard, Independent Media Publications has come forward to take over the online and print publication of…
Blurring the Lines
Ohio-based filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s 3-hour and 45-minute documentary A Lion in the House follows five families with…
The History and Legacy of AIVF (Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers)
In 1975, when a small group of energetic filmmakers convened the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers in their living…
Why We (Still) Need AIVF
When I started to write this article, I began with a David Letterman-esque list of 20 reasons we need AIVF….
Hell or High Water
In 1998, I joined the production team of Julie Gustafson’s Desire, a documentary about teenage girls from three diverse New…
Moving Images
Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me (2004) was an unqualified hit. The documentary, which followed Spurlock as he ate nothing but…
State of Fear
The Last Shot The mobs were ferocious and loud. They were beating policemen, looting government buildings, and smashing the cameras…