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here on page one: links people, A to Z on page two: reference books how-to books & videos film festivals selected films collections on DVD individual films

"I was always an independent, even when I had partners."
— movie producer Samuel Goldwyn

"In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director."
— Alfred Hitchcock

Art House & International Films at Amazon: on DVD • on VHS
Documentary Films category at Amazon: on DVD • on VHS

L i n k s
Independent Filmmaker's Forum [last update 1999?]
IndieFilms: network of independent filmmakers
IndieWire: online community [est. 1996]
Reel Roundtable [est. 1998] in New York City
IndieFilmMaker [requires Flash]
Indie Film Page
Amateur Movie Makers Association
Albuquerque [NM] Independent Film Cooperative
Screen Actors Guild 'Indie' Program [est. 1997]
The Documentary Channel
Women Make Movies independent distribution
International Documentary Assn. [est. 1982]
Independent Filmmakers Alliance
New Film Makers - New York City [est. 1998]
New Film Makers - Los Angeles [est. 2007]
GoFilmFest Independent Film & Film Festival ezine

Independent Film Project [est. 1979] Los Angeles FilmFest [June 2009 = #25] Independent Film Week {formerly I.F.P. Market} [Sept 2009 = #31] East Coast Gotham Independent Film Awards [Nov 2009 = #19]

Independent Film Channel [est. 1994] I.F.C. rant Magazine {subscription} I.F.C. Review quarterly {subscription} IFC Films (independent distribution)

subscription 4 issues/year for $18.00 via Amazon

F I L M - M A K E R S  { A to Z }

Darren Aronofsky
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Charles Band
Charles and his brother Richard have made over 250 schlock feature films, mostly in the horror genre.
browse Charles Band on DVD • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Joe Berlinger
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Crude: The Real Price of Oil" [First Run Features Sept 2009] Thirty thousand native residents of the despoiled Amazon rainforest in Ecuador are suing Chevron for $27 billion in reparations, while still living in the heavily-polluted environment. Co-produced & directed by Joe Berlinger; won awards at Dallas, Big Sky, Nashville & Thessalonika film festivals First Run Features color DVD [2/2010] for $20.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

documentary filmmaker  Les Blank
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Stan Brakhage  [1933-2003]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

FC's Stan Brakhage fansite

	"By Brakhage" Criterion Collection Anthology [2003] 26 films & extras on 2 disks Criterion DVD [6/2003] for $34.99
	"Brakhage" [Bravo tv movie 1998] Written & directed by Jim Shedden Zeitgeist color DVD [7/2004] for $26.09 full credits from IMDb

Charles Burnett
browse Charles Burnett on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Killer of Sheep" [original 1977; re-released 2007] Long considered a prime example of independent film-making; taught in film schools while until recently not availabale for viewing (due to music rights restrictions). A black man in South Central Los Angeles is disconnected from his wife and his son & daughter and is unable to sleep, while working long hours at the local slaughterhouse. Produced, written, directed & edited by Charles Burnett; starring Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett, Eugene Cherry & Jack Drummond; won FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin International Film Festival (1981); listed on the first National Film Registry (1990) full credits from IMDb • official movie site New Yorker/Milestone b&w DVD [11/2007] 2 disks for $29.99 this DVD set also includes four short films by Burnett and his second feature film: "My Brother's Wedding" [shelved 1983; released 2007] A black man working at a dry cleaner in South Central Los Angeles agrees to be best man for his ambitious lawyer brother, whom he despises. Produced, written & directed by Charles Burnett; starring Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronnie Bell, Dennis Kemper & Sally Easter; full credits from IMDb

John Carpenter
http://www.amazon.com/John-Carpenter-Man-His-Movies/dp/B0001BKALC/

John Cassavetes  [1929-89]
"Life is a series of suicides, divorces, promises broken, children smashed, whatever."
== line from John Cassavetes movie "Love Streams" [1984]
browse John Cassavetes on DVD • browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
received 3 Oscar nominations [1968-1975]; no wins

"The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism & The Movies" [1994] by Raymond Carney Cambridge Univ Press pb [11/2005] for $28.99

John's wife actress Gena Rowlands
John's daughter director Zoe Cassavetes
John's son Nick Cassavetes
John's mother-in-law Lady Rowlands [1904-99]

YouTube star Michelle Chmielewki

Robert Carl Cohen  makes Radical Films
IMDb listing

Gary Conklin
official website • IMDb listing

Alex Cox
browse Alex Cox on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"Alex Cox: Film Anarchist" [2003] by Steven Paul Davies Batsford U.K. 9¾x7¼ pb [6/2003] out of print/used
	"X Films: True Confessions of A Radical Filmmaker" [2008 autobiography] by Alex Cox Soft Skull Press 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2008] for $13.46 I.B. Tauris 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2008] out of print/used

Sarah Demeestere
http://www.superstringcreations.com/

Maya Deren  [1917-61]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Maya Deren: Experimental Films" [1998] Mystic Fire Video b&w DVD [2/2002] for $39.99 Mystic Fire Video b&w VHS [9/98] for $37.49 official movie site

designers & filmmakers Charles  &  Ray  Eames
official website • team entry at Wikipedia

Charles & Ray Eames Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

Charles H. Ferguson
browse DVDs • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"No End In Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq" [Magnolia July 2007]

Examines the principal errors of U.S. policy – the use of insufficient troop levels, the looting of Baghdad, the purge of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military – that largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. Co-produced, written & directed by Charles Ferguson; narrated by Campbell Scott; won Special Jury Prize at Sundance; listed #7 on TIME Top Ten Best Movies of The Year (12/2007); Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, WGA nom for Best Documentary Screenplay Magnolia widescreen color DVD [10/2007] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Inside Job" [Sony Pictures Classics Oct 2010]

"If you're not enraged by the end of this movie, [then] you haven't been paying attention." — Mary & Richard Corliss, in Time Magazine A comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, thru exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists & academics. Co-produced, wriiten & directed by Charles Ferguson; narrated by Matt Damon; featuring Congressman Barney Frank, Raghuram Rajan, Nouriel Roubini, George Soros, Eliot Spitzer, Paul Volcker, many others DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • credits at IMDb • official movie site

untitled Julian Assange TV movie [H.B.O. 2012? broadcast]
Announced 8/2011: TV docudrama about Julian Assange & WikiLeaks for H.B.O., to be directed
by Charles Ferguson • no entry yet at IMDb

photographer & filmmaker Robert Frank [b. 1924]
"Although he has made 27 films, the work is largely a well-kept secret."
browse books at Amazon • Artcyclopedia • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"The Americans" [1958] Photographs by Robert Frank; Introduction by Jack Kerouac considered to be Robert Frank's masterpiece Scalo Verlag 9½x8½ pb [9/93] out of print/used Random House/Pantheon 9¾x9 pb [1/86] out of print/used Steidl Verlag 8½x7½ hardcover [8/2005] out of print/used Scalo Verlag 8¾x9½ hardcover [5/98] out of print/used

"Frank Films" book [] by Robert Frank
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Films-Film-Video-Robert/dp/3865218156/

"Robert Frank: The Complete Film Works"

publisher's official author page Volume 1: Steidl Verlag DVD [10/2008] 3 disks - out of prodn/used contents unspecified Volume 2: Steidl Verlag DVD [10/2008] out of prodn/used fancy film can in a slipcase contains 3 films: "Conversations In Vermont" [26 min; 1969], "Life-Raft Earth" [37 min; 1969], and "OK End Here" [32 min; 1963] Volume 3: Steidl Verlag DVD [10/2008] 3 disks - out of prodn/used fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "Keep Busy" feature [75 min; 1975], "About Me: A Musical" [29 min; 1971], and "S-8 Stones Footage from Exile On Main Street" [1972] Volume 4: Steidl Verlag DVD [DUE Feb 2012] 3 disks for $112.49   fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "Life Dances On ..." [30 min; 1980], "Energy and How To Get It" [30 min; 1981 spoof], and "Home Improvements" [29 min; 1985] Volume 5: Steidl Verlag DVD [DUE Feb 2012] 3 disks for $112.49   fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 2 films: "This Song For Jack" [26 min; 1983] documentary of a conference honoring Jack Kerouac that was held at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado; and "Hunter" [37 min; 1989] Volume 6: Steidl Verlag DVD [DUE Feb 2012] 3 disks for $112.49   fancy film cans in a slipcase contain 3 films: "C'est vrai (It's Real)" [60 min; 1990], "Candy Mountain" [91 min; 1987], and "Run/New Order" video [4 min; 1989]

Alex Gibney browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

http://www.amazon.com/David-Halberstams-Fifties-Edward-Herrmann/dp/0767004132/ [1997]
http://www.amazon.com/Enron-Smartest-Guys-Room-Blu-ray/dp/B000GFRII6/ [2006]
http://www.amazon.com/Enron-Smartest-Guys-Room/dp/B000C3L2IO/ [2006]
won shared Oscar & shared Emmy for "Taxi To The Dark Side" docufilm [2007] /tt0854678/
http://www.amazon.com/Gonzo-Life-Work-Hunter-Thompson/dp/B001EDFSIQ/ [2008]
http://www.amazon.com/Casino-Jack-United-States-Money/dp/B003L20IGU/ [2010]
"Freakonomics" [2010] /tt1152822/

"Client 9: The Rise & Fall of Eliot Spitzer" [Magnolia Pictures Nov 2010]
http://www.client9themovie.com/ /tt1638362/

"Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search For A Kool Place"  
[A&E / Magnolia Aug 2011]

Described as 'archival cinema veritι', a documentary film made from Ken Kesey & Neal Cassady's mostly-silent footage of their 1964 road trips (and acid trips) in The Magic Bus 'Further', with Sixties-era commentary. Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney & Alison Ellwood; featuzing Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, The Grateful Dead Band {then The Warlocks}, and the Merry Pranksters DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

Brent Green
official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then" stop-motion feature [2010] /tt1660362/

Magic Lantern's
Robert Greenwald Page

browse Robert Greenwald on DVD

Robert Greenwald's blogsite

Brave New Conversations [est. 9/2010]
participants include Jackson Browne, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Goodman, Congressman Alan Grayson,
Thom Hartmann, Tom Hayden, Oliver Stone & Marianne Williamson

Independent America Media
company official website

"The Two-Lane Search For Mom & Pop" [Canada/Id Commns Nov 2005] The married filmmakers traveled 13,000 miles across America in search of the current status of the 'mom and pop' grocery store. Executive produced by Tom Powers (Open Door Prodns); co-produced & directed by Hanson Hosein; co-produced & narrated by Heather Hughes CustomFlix color DVD [12/2006] for $22.99 credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Rising From Ruins" [indep 2009] Sequel to & extension of "The Two-Lane Search For Mom & Pop" [2005]: reports on the local 'mom & pop' businesses who sustained the neighborhoods of New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina, while corporations did (less than) nothing. Executive produced by Tom Powers (Open Door Prodns); written & directed by Hanson Hosein; narrated by Heather Hughes DVD/Blu-ray not yet available credits at IMDb • official movie site

Henry Jaglom
browse Henry Jaglom on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jim Jarmusch
browse Jim Jarmusch on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

JH's Jim Jarmusch fansite

"Mystery Train" [Orion Pictures Nov 1989] Three stories: A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America travel by train to Memphis; an Italian widow transporting her husband's body by plane is stuck overnight in Memphis; three Memphis lowlifes head for cover after a botched liquor store robbery – all converging on the same rundown Memphis hotel. Written & directed by Jim Jarmusch; original music by John Lurie; starring Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco), Stephen Jones, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi & Tom Waits M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD [3/2000] out of prodn/used M.G.M. Home Video color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used Milan Records soundtrack CD [8/94] 16 tracks for $11.98 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

surrealist  Alejandro Jodorowsky
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Jodorowsky website {in Spanish; requires Flash}

	"The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky" [2007] Starz / Anchor Bay color DVD set 5/2007] 5 disks for $33.49 includes "Fando y Lis" [1967]; "El Topo" [1970] starring Alejandro Jodorowsky, his son Brontis Jodorowsky & Alfonso Arau; and "The Holy Mountain" [1973] starring Alejandro Jodorowsky & Horαcio Salinas
	"Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky" [2007] by Ben Cobb Creation Books 8¼x8 pb [8/2007] for $13.57
	"The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo" [2008] by Alejandro Jodorowsky Park Street Press pb [7/2008] for $12.89

"La Cravate" [1957]
"Fando y Lis" [1967]
"El Topo" [1970]
"The Holy Mountain" [1973]
"Tusk" [1978]
"Santa Sangre" [1989]
"The Rainbow Thief" [1990]
"The Jodorowsky Constellation" [1994]
"King Shot" [DUE 2009]

Michael Kang
official weblog • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Barbara Kopple
official website Cabin Creek Films • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Oscar-winner "Harlan County U.S.A." [1976]
"The Making of Harlan County USA" [2006]

Oscar-winner "American Dream" [1990]
http://www.amazon.com/American-Dream-Jesse-Jackson/dp/B0000DZTKP/

George & Mike Kuchar
George Kuchar: IMDb listing [1956-2008] • Wikipedia
Michael John 'Mike' Kuchar: IMDb listing [1956-2009] • Wikipedia

"George & Mike Kuchar: Reflections From A Cinematic Cesspool"
[Zanja Press Dangerous Concepts, 1997] ISBN 0915906341

official website of collaborator Marie Losier

"I, An Actress" [1970] by George Kuchar

"It Came From Kuchar" docu [2009] by Jennifer M. Kroot /tt1303745/

Tom Laughlin
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official 'Billy Jack' website

"The Complete Billy Jack Collection" DVD Box Set [2009] includes restored versions of "Born Losers" [1967] (written by Elizabeth James); "Billy Jack" [1971]; "The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]; "Billy Jack Goes To Washing-ton" [1977]; extras include eight commentaries; Produced, co-written & directed by and starring Tom Laughlin; co-written by & co-starring Delores Taylor Image Ent. widescreen color DVD set [8/2009] 4 disks for $23.49

"Billy Jack 35th Anniversary Ultimate Collection" [2005] Billy Jack Ent. widescreen color DVD set [9/2005] 5 disks - out of prodn/used includes "Born Losers" [1967]; "Billy Jack" [1971]; "The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]; "Billy Jack Goes To Washington" [1977]; and a bonus disk with many extras; Produced, co-written & directed by and starring Tom Laughlin; co-written by & co-starring Delores Taylor

"Born Losers" [1967]
"Billy Jack" [1971]
"The Trial of Billy Jack" [1974]
"Billy Jack Goes To Washington" [1977]

William Lewis
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

Barbara Loden [1932-80]
married 1968-80 to writer-director Elia Kazan [1909-2003]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

made only one feature film: "Wanda" [1970]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_(film)

Pare Lorentz  [1905-92]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

I.D.A. Pare Lorentz Film Festival [Oct 2007]

Kent  MacKenzie  [1930-80]
IMDb listing

"The Exiles" [Pathι/Milestone 1961 & 1970 & 2008] U.S.C. student Kent MacKenzie took a non-traditional career direction and developed "The Exiles" in collabo-ration with actual residents of the once-elegant neighborhood of Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles. By the late 1950s, the area had become flophouses and seedy mansions, all slated for demolition for replacement by office towers and the Los Angeles Music Center. The brilliant film never received distribution, though Native American writers & activists considered the film as one of the first works of art to portray modern off-reserva-tion life honestly, and teachers in film schools around the world independently re-discovered the lost b&w masterwork. It was not until filmmaker Thom Andersen used a few of MacKenzie's glowing night scenes in the compilation documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself" [2003], that Hollywood realized the film's worth. Milestone Films acquired the rights from MacKenzie's two daughters, the UCLA Film Archive produced a restored print, and theatrical distribution began in 2008. Bonus features on DVD include Kent Mackenzie shorts "A Skill For Molina" [1960], "Story of A Rodeo Cowboy" [1962], and "Ivan and His Father" [1970]; documentary short "Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal" by Greg Kimble; "White Fawn's Devotion" Native American silent short [1910], plus a DVD-ROM with the script, publicity material, Mackenzie's masters thesis, and more. Produced, written & directed by Kent MacKenzie; re-release 'Presented by Sherman Alexie & Charles Burnett'; starring Homer Nish, Yvonne Williams & Tom Reynolds; listed on the National Film Registry (2009) Oscilloscope/Milestone b&w DVD [11/2009] 2 disks for $27.49 full credits from IMDb • official movie site • film entry at Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's
writer-director Terrence Malick Page

"The Tree of Life" [2011]  

Chris Marker  of France
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Maysles Brothers
IMDb listing for Albert Maysles • IMDb listing for David Maysles [1931-87]
Maysles Brothers entry on Wikipedia

official Maysles Assocs. website
Maysles Institute non-profit [est. 2005]

"Wild Blue Yonder" documentary [indep 2007] Celia Maysles – daughter of David, niece of Arthur, together important pioneers of veritι documentary filmmaking – was seven years old when her father died. She uses the techniques of veritι documentary filmmaking to explore the past, to find out who her father & uncle were. Co-produced & directed by Celia Maysles video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb producer's film site {requires Apple Quicktime}

"The Direct Cinema of David and Albert Maysles" [2005] by Jonathan B. Vogels Southern IL Univ 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2005] for $39.15

Mekas Brothers [b. 1922]
Co-founded Film Culture Magazine in 1955

Adolfas Mekas [1925-2011]
"Hallelujah The Hills" [1963]
"Goldstein" [editor; 1964]
"The Double-Barreled Detective Story" [1965]

Jonas Mekas [b. 1922]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia
received the 1992 Mel Novikoff Award [est. 1988] from San Francisco Intl. Film Festival [est. 1954]

"Notes On The Circus" [1966] by Jonas Mekas

"Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From Literature/Film Quarterly" [2008] Edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson interviewees include: Robert Altman, Frank Capra, Renι Clair, Martha Coolidge, Wes Craven, Terence Davies & Olivia Stewart, Edward Dmytryk, Federico Fellini, William Friedkin, Richard Leacock, Richard Linklater, Baz Luhrmann, Louis Malle, Jonas Mekas, Marcel Ophόls, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Eric Rohmer, Patricia Rozema, John Schlesinger, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Marcela Fernαndez Violante, Andrej Wajda, Wayne Wang, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise & Franco Zefferelli Scarecrow Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $55.00

sexploitationist  Russ Meyer  [1922-2004]
browse Russ Meyer on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Russ Meyer website
CAM's Russ Meyer fansite

"Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"
original b&w feature film [indep Aug 1965]
DVD • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

Announced 2008: color remake [for 2012? release]
being developed by Quentin Tarantino; latest info at IMDb

Warren  Miller:  skiing & surfing films
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official Warren Miller website
Surf Shack Page at Spirit of America

Magic Lantern's Michael Moore  Page

filmmaker-actor  Luis  Moro
Moro Films website • IMDb listing

	"Anne B. Real" [indep U.S. release Oct 2003] Directed by Lisa France; co-written by Luis Moro, Lisa France & Antonio Macia; co-producers Lenny Bier, Josselyne Herman, Luis Moro & Lisa France; co-starring Janice Richardson, Antonio Macia & Luis Moro Universal color DVD [11/2003] for $9.99 full credits from IMDb
	"Love & Suicide" [indep. U.S. release May 2006] Directed by Lisa France, written by Lisa France & Luis Moro; co-producers Luis Moro, Demian Lichtenstein & Steven C. Beer; cinematography by Demian Lichtenstein; starring Kamar De Los Reyes, Luis Moro & Daisy McCrackin DVD available from producers full credits at IMDb official movie site

Errol Morris "Morris's subject is a particular kind of American stupidity – the ability to substitute self-justification for self-knowledge." — critic David Denby browse Errol Morris on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia official Errol Morris website

Christopher Mόnch
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jesus Nebot: official website • IMDb listing

"No Turning Back" [U.S. release June 2003] Co-directed & co-written by Julia Montejo & Jesus Nebot; starring Jesus Nebot & Chelsea Rendon Universal color DVD [3/2004] for $24.28 full credits from IMDb • official movie website

Earl  Owensby
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Earl Owensby Studios

Kimberly  Peirce
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Boys Don't Cry" [1999] Hilary Swank won Oscar
"Stop Loss" [2008]

Polish Brothers – Mark & Michael
Mark's credits at IMDb • Michael's credits at IMDb • Wikipedia

Godfrey Reggio
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

"Koyaanisqatsi" [1983] / "Powaqqatsi" [1988] DVD 2-pack Co-written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass MGM/UA widescreen DVD [9/2002] 2 disks for $22.49 "Naqoyqatsi: Life Is War" [Miramax/Qatsi Oct 2002] Written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass, with cellist Yo-Yo Ma Buena Vista widescreen color DVD [10/2003] for $24.53

more details (synopses, books, posters, music, links) on
Magic Lantern's Godfrey Reggio / 'Qatsi Trilogy' Page

Vanessa Renwick
Oregon Dept. of Kick Ass Film & Video

sexploitationist  Joseph W. Sarno  [1921-2010]
browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Inga" [Sweden 1971] /tt0067508/ & /B00005Y71B/
"Young Playthings" [1972] /tt0069527/
"Confessions of A Young American Housewife" [1974] /tt0069914/
"a mini-masterpiece" per critic Richard Corliss

http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Sarno-Girl-Meets-Trilogy/dp/B00080ETWM/

John Sayles
browse John Sayles on DVD • browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

official John Sayles website

performance artist & experimental filmmaker
Jack Smith  [1932-89]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Flaming Creatures" featurette [1963] /tt0054880/

"Normal Love" feature film [1963]

"Silent Shadows: 56 Ludlow Street, 1962-64" in 2 volumes [1999]
http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Shadows-Cinemaroc-Island-1962-1964/dp/B00000G4T2/

"Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis" docufilm [2006]

"Wait For Me At The Bottom of The Pool: The Writings of Jack Smith" [9/2008] /1852424281/

Kevin Smith
browse Kevin Smith on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

production company View Askew website

Mark Street
IMDb listing

production company website

Melvin Van Peebles
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"Baadassssss!" aka "How To Get The Man's Foot Outta Your Ass" [Sony May 2004] Mario's documentary/homage to his father's historic 1971 film that was key in birthing Independent Black Cinema. Co-written & directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles (based on the book, below) Sony widescreen color DVD [9/2004] for $17.99 Sony color VHS [1/2005] out of prodn/used B.B.E. soundtrack CD [6/2004] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb official movie site {requires Flash} movie entry at Wikipedia
	"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto" [2004] by Melvin Van Peebles Thunder's Mouth Press mass pb [8/2004] for $11.86
	"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"  [indep April 1971] Written, co-produced, directed & edited by and starring Melvin Van Peebles, with Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan & young Mario Van Peebles Xenon color DVD [1/2003] for $17.99 Xenon color VHS [2/2002] out of prodn/used Stax soundtrack CD [11/99] 2 disks / out of prodn/rare 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia screenplay, diaries & soundtrack CD Interlink pb [9/96] out of print/used

Melvin's son actor-director  Mario Van Peebles
browse Mario Van Peebles on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

John Waters
browse John Waters on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Dreamland fansite

"Pink Flamingos" [1972]
"Female Trouble" [1974]
"Hairspray" [1988]
"Hairspray: The Musical" [2007]

Frederick Wiseman
DVDs of Frederick Wiseman {sloppy results} at Amazon • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Crazy Horse"  
[France Oct 2011, Zipporah Films USA Jan 2012]

134-minute documentary by American filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the history & venue & nude dancers of the Le Crazy Horse de Paris revue in Paris, France. Co-produced & directed by Frederick Wiseman DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • distributor's official movie page

musician & filmmaker Neil Young
Neil Young Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
browse music • official website • entry at Wikipedia

Movies Section on the Neil Young Page • Neil Young's credits at IMDb

Jessica  Yu IMDb listing • Wikipedia

1997 Oscar Acceptance Speech: "You know you've entered new territory
when your outfit cost more than your film."

"Last Call At The Oasis" [Participant Media / A.T.O. 2011] /tt2043900/
Co-produced, written & directed by Jessica Yu; featuring eco-activist Erin Brockovich

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