10 to Watch 2015 Call for Nominations
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Help The Independent choose 10 (or more) outstanding filmmakers who have challenged themselves, the form, and the world. Nominations accepted thru February 18, 2015.
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The 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival: Shutdown Report From China
Gen Carmel provides first-hand accounts from a filmmaker and programmer who tried to attend the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival, including a confrontational video between festivalgoers and plain clothes police, as well as the entire festival program.
Public Launch of The Independent’s Digitized Archive Open to All – October 30, 2014
Join The Independent and our archiving partner, UMass Amherst Libraries, for a celebration of the launch of our new website and digitized archive. Hosted by UMass Boston Film Series, the FREE evening includes a reception, screening of Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart, and panel discussion. Open to all. Starts at 6pm.
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It was while Matthew Jones was seeking cast and crew for his film projects at Columbia College that he realized…
Detroit, Michigan
Over the course of two generations, Detroit has gone from a symbol of American industrial pro-wess to a shorthand term…