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Festivals of Independent Films
Freedom Cinema Festival [Jan 2005 = #2] in Park City, UT
Key West [FL] Indie Fest [Easter Weekend]
Dances With Films {festival of independent films} in Santa Monica [April 2005 = #8]
California Independent Film Festival [April 2010 = #12] in Orinda, CA
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival [April 2010 = #13] in Durham, NC
Coachella Independent Film Festival in Indio, CA [May 2004 = #5]
I.F.P. Los Angeles FilmFest [June] [requires Flash]
Intl. Documentary Assn. [est. 1982] DocuWeek Festival in L.A. [Aug 2007 = #11]
Telluride [CO] Indie Fest [Sept]
Channel Islands Indie F/F in Oxnard, CA [Sept 2003 = #6]
IndieMemphis [TN in Oct]
The Indie Gathering [June 2005] in Cleveland, OH
Bluegrass Independent Film Festival in Louisville, KY [Sept]
SoCal Independent Film Festival in Huntington Beach, CA [Sept 2005]
HaydenFilms Online Film Festival for Student & Independent Filmmakers [5.0 deadline Fall 2012]
Magic Lantern's 'Film Festivals Around The World' Page
 | "Official Rejection" [indep; festival circuit & DVD release 2009] 107-minute color documentary following a group of filmmakers who take their independent feature Ten 'til Noon [2006] along the film festival circuit – showing the politics, pitfalls, triumphs & comic tragedies they encounter & endure along the way, a report on the indie world and what happens when the shooting is over. (The two-disk version contains 2 hours of bonus features.) Co-produced, written & directed by and co-starring Paul Osborne; co-produced by and co-starring Scott Storm & Paul J. Alessi; co-starring Brian Osborne Shut Up & Shoot Pictures widescreen color DVD [11/2009] 2 disks for $18.99 Shut Up & Shoot Pictures widescreen color DVD [11/2009] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site Magic Lantern's 'Film Festivals Around The World' Page |
![YouTube's Your Film Festival [est. 1/2012] free film & video competition](images/YouTubeYourFilmFestival.jpg)
YouTube announced in January 2012 the creation of a free video & film competition called 'Your Film Festival', in partnership with Emirates. Filmmakers around the world are invited to submit a 15-minute, story-driven video of any
format, style or genre between February 2 and March 31. Fifty semi-finalists will be chosen by Scott Free; those 50
will then compete for the YouTube audience vote, which will determine 10 finalists; the ten finalists will attend
and screen their work at the Venice Film Festival; the top winner will also get a $500,000 YouTube original grant
for their next production (with Ridley Scott's Scott Free).
Your Film Festival official website watch promo video [1:12] on YouTube
Collections on DVD
Art House & International Films at Amazon: on DVD on VHS
Documentary Films category at Amazon: on DVD on VHS
 | "Docurama Academy Awards Collection DVD Box Set" [2005]
New Video Group/Docurama DVD set [2/2005] 13 disks for $179.99 box set includes Oscar®-winners for Best Documentary Feature: "Best Boy" [1979]; "From Mao To Mozart: Isaac Stern In China" [1981]; "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision" [1994]; "Murder On A Sunday Morning" aka "Un coupable Idιal" [2001]; "Scared Straight!" [1980]; and Oscar®-nominated "Children Underground" [2001]; "Genghis Blues" [1999]; "Nadja Salerno-Sonneberg: Speaking In Strings" [1999]; "Paul Taylor: Dancemaker" [1998]; "Regret To Inform" [1998]; "Sound and Fury" [2000]; "The Weather Underground" [2002]; plus "Best Man" [1997], the sequel to "Best Boy" |
 | "Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema of The 1920s & 1930s" [2005] from the Raymond Rohauer [d. 1987] collection Kino Video 6-hour DVD set [8/2005] 2 disks for $24.99 includes works by Marcel Duchamp [1887-1968], Germaine Dulac, Viking Eggeling, Sergei Eisenstein [1898-1948], Jean Epstein {2 shorts}, Robert Florey [1900-79], Joris Ivens, Dimitri Kirsanoff {2 shorts}, Fernand Leger, Erne Metzmer, Jean Painleve, Man Ray [1890-1976] {3 shorts}, Hans Richter [1888-1976], Ralph Steiner [1899-1986] {"H2O" 1929 short}, Paul Strand, Slavko Vorkapich, James Sibley Watson, Mel-ville Webber [1871-1947], Herman G. Weinberg & Orson Welles [1915-85] {"The Hearts of Age" 1934 short} |
 | "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film, 1894-1941" Box Set [2005] by Anthology Film Archives Image Ent. b&w DVD set [10/2005] 7 disks for $79.99 no listing on IMDb; official movie site companion book: 8½x5¾ pb [6/2001] out of print/used |
 | "Docurama Film Festival I" Box Set [2006]
Docurama color DVD set [6/2006] 10 disks for $206.99 box set includes "Aging Out" [2004]; Oscar winner "Broken Rainbow" [1985]; "Cheeks" [2003]; "Doing Time: Life Inside The Big House" [1980]; "The Fire Next Time" [2005]; Full Frame Documentary Shorts Collection: Vol. 4; "Good Morning Yokohama"; "Good Times" [2002]; "In The Shadow of Eden"; Oscar nominated "Legacy" [2000]; "Miles Above"; "Omar & Pete" [2005]; "The Police Tapes" [1977]; Oscar-nominated short "Sister Rose's Passion" [2004]; "Small Town Secrets" [2005]; and "The Wobblies" [1979] |
 | "Docurama Academy Awards Collection DVD Box Set - Volume 2" [2006]
New Video Group/DocuramaDVD set [7/2006] 12 disks for $179.99 box set includes Oscar®-winners for Best Documentary Feature: "Broken Rainbow" [1985]; "I Am A Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School" [1993]; "In The Shadow of The Stars" [1991]; "Marjoe" [1972] starring Marjoe Gortner; "Sister Rose's Passion" [2004]; "Thoth" [2002]; "Who Are The DeBolts? (And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?)" [1977]; and Oscar®-nominated "A Time For Burning" [1967]; "Balseros" [2002]; "Colors Straight Up" [1997]; "Doing Time: Life Inside The Big House" [1991]; "Legacy" [2000]; and "Unfinished Business: The Japanese-American Internment Cases" [1986] |
 | "Docurama Film Festival II" Box Set [2006]
Docurama color DVD set [9/2006] 10 disks for $206.99 box set includes "Con Man" [2003]; "The Education of Shelby Knox" [2005]; "Farmingville" [2004]; "The Lady In Question Is Charles Busch" [2005]; "Original Cast Album: Company" [1970] directed by D.A. Pennebaker; "Parallel Lines" [2004]; "Passin' It On" [1993]; "Power Trip" [2003]; "The Shvitz" [1993]; and "Waging A Living" [2005] |
 | "Docurama Film Festival III" Box Set [2007]
Docurama color DVD set [3/2007] 10 disks for $206.99 box set includes "Dark Circle" [1983]; "Following Sean" [2006]; "Gitmo: The New Rules of War" [2005]; "Leona's Sister Gerri" [1995]; "Music From The Inside Out" [2004]; "Naked States" [2000]; "Of Civil Wrongs & Rights: The Fred Korematsu Story" [2000]; "Stagedoor" [2006]; "Well-Founded Fear" [2000]; and "Yellow Brick Road" [2005] |
 | "Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema, 1928-1954" [2007]
Kino Video DVD [7/2007] 2 disks for $26.99 includes works by Stan Brakhage [1933-2003] {4 shorts), James Broughton [1913-99], The Cage, Jean Isidore Isou [1925-2007], Dimitri Kirsanoff [1899-1957], Paul Leni [1885-1929], Willard Maas [1906-71] (2 shorts), Gregory Markopoulos [1928-92], Marie Menken [1909-70], Jean Mitry [1907-88], Sidney Peterson [1905-2000], Joseph Vogel, James Sibley Watson [1894-1982] & Melville Webber [1871-1947] |
 | "Docurama Film Festival IV" Box Set [2007]
Docurama color DVD set [9/2007] 10 disks for $206.99 box set includes "Beyond The Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance" [2006]; "Building Bombs" [1991]; "Can Mr. Smith Get To Washington Anymore?" [2006]; "The Chances of The World Changing" [2006]; "The First Year" [2001]; "I Like Killing Flies" [2004]; "The Panama Deception" [1992]; "Pictures From A Revolution" [1991]; "Plagues and Pleasures On The Salton Sea" [2004]; and "Wanderlust" [2006] |
 | "Treasures From American Film Archives IV: Avant Garde, 1947-1986" [2009]
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 | "Docurama Film Festival V" Box Set [2008]
Docurama color DVD set [9/2008] 13 disks for $251.99 box set includes: Emmy-winning "A Lion In The House" [2006] from P.B.S. on 2 disks; "Arctic Son" [2006] by Andrew Walton; "Cine Manifest" [2006] by Judy Irola (plus 4 shorts); "Cinematographer Style" [2006] by Jon Fauer; "Critical Condition" [2008] from P.B.S.; "Fall From Grace" [2007] by K. Ryan Jones; "Family Name" [1997] by Macky Alston from P.B.S.; "Liberia: An Uncivil War" [2004]; "On The Downlow" [2007] by Abigail Child; "Passing Poston" [2008] by Joe Fox & James Nubile; "Questioning Faith" [2002] by Macky Alston; and "Virginia Lee Burton: A Sense of Place" [2008] from P.B.S. |
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Selected films from past Full Frame Documentary Film Festival [est. 1998] events
in Durham, North Carolina are later released on DVD by Docurama
 | "Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2003]
Docurama color DVD [5/2003] for $22.49 contains 7 short documentary films: "Family Values" [2002] by Eva Saks; "Laughing Club of India" [1999] by Mira Nair; "Lucy Tsak Tsak" [2000] by Andrey Paounov; "Mojave Mirage" [2003] by Derek and Kaarina Cleverley Roberto; award-winning "The Sunshine" [2000] by Phil Bertelsen; "We Got Us" [2002] by Joan Brooker-Marks; "Why Can't We Be a Family Again?" [2002] by Murray Nossel & Roger Weisberg |
 | "Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2004]
Docurama color DVD [5/2004] for $22.49 contains 7 short documentary films: "Album" [2002] by Barbara Bird; "Crowfilm" [2003] by Edward P. Davee; "Have You Seen This Man?" [2003] by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck; "Iwo Jima: Memories In The Sand" [2001] by Beret E. Strong & John Tweedy; "Miss Alabama Nursing Home" [2001] by Anne Paas; "Nutria" [2003] by Ted Gesing; and "Wood Island" [2001] by Kate T. Williamson |
 | "Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Volume 3" DVD Box Set [2005]
Docurama color DVD [4/2005] out of prodn/used contains 6 short documentary films: "A Thousand Words" [2003] by Melba L. Williams from P.B.S.; "Foxhole" [2003] by Franko Galoso; "The Great Cheesesteak Debate" [2003] by Scott Vosbury; "Journeys" [2003] by Vinayan Kodoth; "Rosalie's Journey" [2005] by Warwick Thornton; and "Texas Hospitality" [2003] by Michael Pfaendtner |
 | "Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Volume 4" DVD Box Set [2006]
Docurama color DVD [6/2006] for $24.49 contains 6 short documentary films: "Good Morning YOKOHAMA" [2003] by Satoshi Ono; "Good Times" [2004] by Alessandro Cassigoli & Dalia Castel; "In The Shadow of Eden" [2004] by Rachael Romero; "(Meet The) Cheeks" [2003] by Tal Sharon & Daniel Barcelowsky; "Miles Above" [2005] by Michael Welt; and "Small Town Secrets" [2005] by Katherine Leggett |
 | "Full Frame Documentary Shorts, Volume 5" DVD Box Set [2007]
Docurama color DVD [4/2007] for $24.49 contains 6 short documentary films: "Afloat" [2006] by Erin Hudson; "The Angelmakers" [Netherlands 2005] by Astrid Bussink; "High Plains Winter" [2006] by Cindy Stillwell; "The Intimacy of Strangers" [2005] by Eva Weber; "Send Me Somewhere Special" [2004] by Darren Hercher; and "Stand Like Still Living" [Botswana 2005] by Peter Jordan |
Selected Independent Films
{ in chronological order }
Art House & International Films at Amazon: on DVD on VHS
Documentary Films category at Amazon: on DVD on VHS
"Salt of The Earth" [March 1954]
 | A fictional, neo-realist-style tale about oppressed Hispanic-American zinc miners in New Mexico, who go on a strike led mostly by the women. The pro-labor stance and the alleged ties of many of the filmmakers caused the film to be the only officially-blacklisted movie in American history. Directed by Herbert J. Biberman [B]; script by Michael Biberman & Michael Wilson [B]; produced by Paul Jarrico [B]; starring Will Geer [B]; listed on National Film Registry in 1992 {NOTE: Blacklisted members of the cast & crew are indicated with '[B]'.}
Pioneer b&w DVD [3/99] out of prodn/used Harbor Electronic multimedia booklet & CD-ROM [12/2000] for $29.97 "Salt of the Earth" credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
more details (synopsis, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Salt of The Earth" 1954 Movie Page
"On The Bowery" [indep March 1957; re-release 2011]
 | Partly-scripted docufilm showing the lives of down-and-out residents of New York City's Bowery neighborhood, over two days' time. Produced, co-written & directed by Lionel Rogosin; starring Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews & Ray Salyer; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, won BAFTA Award for Best Documentary; listed on the National Film Registry (2008)
Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia "The Perfect Team: The Making of On The Bowery short film [2010?] |
"Goldstein" [indep May 1965]
Awarded prize at 1964 Cannes Festival; French director Jean Renoir called it 'the best American film in 20 years'.
Co-written & co-directed Philip Kaufman & Benjamin Manaster; edited by Adolfas Mekas; starring Nelson Algren,
members of the The Second City comedy troupe, Lou Gilbert, other actors
full credits at IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Goldstein-Lou-Gilbert/dp/B000CEV3B4/
"Putney Swope" [Herald/Cinema V July 1969]
 |  | Outrageous is the only word for this jaw-dropper of a satire on the adver- tising world. The main movie is black-and-white, with color commercials that you will not believe. The bite is still fierce even after 40 years. Written & directed by Robert Downey Sr.; starring Arnold Johnson Rhino Video b&w/color DVD [5/2001] for $17.96 Rhino Video b&w/color VHS [2/95] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb 40"x27" gray poster available at AllPosters.com |
Oscar®-winner "Broken Rainbow" [1985]
 | "Better Luck Tomorrow" [MTV/Paramount 2002] The lives of a group of high school students in an upper-class California suburb start to unravel from a combination of boredom, pressure to excel, and easy money. Co-written & directed by Justin Lin; starring Parry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John Cho & Karin Anna Cheung Paramount widescreen DVD [9/2003] for $17.99 Paramount color VHS [9/2003] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb official movie website |
 | "Charlotte Sometimes" [Vision Box Media May 2003] An Asian auto mechanic longs for his next-door neighbor, whose ball-buster sister skews the relationship dynamic; very low-budget, very poetic, remindful of Bertolucci. Co-written, produced & directed by Eric Byler; co-written by Jeff Liu; starring Michael Idemoto, Jacqueline Kim, Eugenia Yuan, Kimberley-Rose Wolter Hart Sharp color DVD [9/2003] for $21.24 Hart Sharp color VHS [9/2003] for $49.99 full credits from IMDb official movie website |
 | "The Corporation" documentary feature [Canada Jan 2004] Co-directed by Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar; co-written by Harold Crooks from Joel Bakan's book; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Freidman, Ray Anderson & Michael Moore Zeitgeist Video color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $22.49 full credits from IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power"[2004] by Joel Bakan Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $17.00 |
 | "Burying The Past: Legacy of The Mountain Meadows Massacre" [Patrick Film 2004] Produced, written & directed by Brian F. Patrick Patrick Film Prodns color DVD [4/2009] for $25.00 via producer full credits from IMDb official movie website |
 | "Ghosts Never Sleep" [indep 2004] Co-produced by David Castenholz; co-produced, co-written & directed by Steve Freedman; starring Tony Goldwyn, Faye Dunaway, Sean Young, Shea Alexander, Joe Rose & Jason Stuart Allumination color DVD [8/2006] for $9.98 credits at IMDb producers website official movie website |
 | "The Squid and The Whale" [Samuel Goldwyn Films Oct 2005] "One of the best independent films of the past decade." – David Denby, New Yorker Magazine film critic When the wife of a Brooklyn teacher discovers a talent for writing, he becomes jealous and the couple splits up; the two teenage sons take sides and exhibit bizarre behaviour, while the mother starts dating her son's tennis teacher and the father has an affair with the student that his son is pursuing. Written & directed by Noah Baumbach; starring Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Owen Kline, Jesse Eisenberg, William Baldwin & Anna Paquin; nominated for Best Original Screenplay Oscar & W.G.A. Best Original Screenplay Award Sony widescreen color DVD [3/2006] for $11.99 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia shooting script: Newmarket 9¼x7 pb [9/2005] for $14.96 |
 | "Heart of The Beholder" [festival circuit 2005; DVD release 2008] Based on the true idiocy of American religious fundamentalists committing crimes to ban movies & shut down a video store chain in St. Louis, Missouri. Harrassment and commercial cowardice made distribution difficult to arrange; the official movie website was targeted by the criminal zealots & shut down in 2008 (but is now working); further communications are based at producer River City Entertainment's website. Written, directed & co-produced by Ken Tipton; co-produced by Darlene Lieblich, Arnon Manor & Jeanette Volturno; starring Sarah Brown, Matt Letscher & Katelin Chesna Vanguard color DVD [2/2009] for $19.95 full credits from IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"Jesus Camp" [Loki Films Sept 2006] A cinema verite exposure of evangelical brain-washing in the U.S. heartland Co-produced & co-directed by Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady Magnolia widescreen color DVD [1/2007] for $19.99 full credits from IMDb producers' movie site |
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"Crab Orchard" aka "So Others May Live" TV movie [Oct 2008] Family drama for television, location filming in Champaign, Illinois; the events of September 11 cause suffering in a firefighter family in New York; the wife & mother leaves with her teenage son to live with her father on a farm in the Midwest. Written & co-produced by Robin Christian; directed by Michael J. Jacobs; co-produced by Ruby Handler; starring Edward Asner, Judge Reinhold, Dylan Patton, Ruby Handler, Betsy Zajko & Robin Christian; won Directors Gold Award at International Family Film Festival DVD available on official website full credits at IMDb official movie site Mike Jacobs & Ruby Handler operate Rio Grande Studios in Albuquerque, NM |
 | "Ink: A Dark Modern Fable" [Double Edge Films 2009]
Father and daughter are wrenched into a dream world and seperately battle to save the other from subconscious forces exerting power over the conscious world thru nightmares and dreams. Co-produced, written & directed by Jamin Winans; starring Chris Kelly, Jessica Duffy, Quinn Hunchar & Jeremy Make DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb producer's movie site |
 | "Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary" [video release Oct 2009] Funded by National Film Board of Canada; directed by Pepita Ferrari; featuring 38-world-class indepen-dent filmmakers, including Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill, Werner Herzog, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris and Jessica Yu First Run Features widescreen color DVD [10/2009] 2 disks for $23.49 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Blank City" documentary [indep April 2011] Misguided attempt to raise obscure independent filmmakers of New York City's 'No Wave' underground film movement of the late 70s & early 80s to the equal of the artists of the French New Wave; directors covered include Charlie Ahearn, Beth B, Lizzie Borden, Jim Jarmusch, Richard Kern, Eric Mitchell & Amos Poe, while Steve Buscemi, Debbie Harry, Lydia Lunch, John Lurie, Ann Magnuson, Thurston Moore, John Waters & others comment on-camera; Directed by Celine Danhier DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "The Future" [Roadside Attractions July 2011] "A work of subcultural criticism laying bare the cruel and utterly bourgeois heart that beats beneath so many faux-naif boho exteriors" — critic Stewart Klawans in The Nation Magazine {... so it must be a good movie, right?} Written & directed by & starring Miranda July, with Hamish Linklater, Isabella Acres & David Warshofsky DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
Reference & Reading Material
 | "Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde 1943-2000" [orig 1974; rev 2002] by P. Adams Sitney The standard text on American avant-garde film since the publication of its first edition in 1974. Oxford Univ Press pb [10/2002] for $22.00 Oxford Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2002] out of print/used |
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"Film As A Subversive Art" [orig 1974] by Amos Vogel D.A.P. 9x6¼ pb [1/2006] for $17.25 |
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"Documentary: A History of The Non-Fiction Film" [orig 1974, rev 1992] by Erik Barnouw Oxford Univ Press 8x5.3 pb [1/93] for $15.44 Oxford Univ Press hardcover [8/92] out of print/used |
 | "Stranger Than Paradise: Maverick Film-Makers In Recent American Cinema" [1998] by Geoff Andrew covers Joel & Ethan Coen, Hal Hartley, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, David Lynch, John Sayles, Steven Soderbergh, Quentin Tarantino, Wayne Wang, and others Limelight Editions 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2004] for $38.00 Prion Books Ltd. 9x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $19.61 |
 | "The Documentary Film Movement: An Anthology" [1998] Edited by Ian Aitken Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [9/98] for $18.00 Edinburgh Univ Press 9¾x6¼ hardcover [9/98] for $84.00 |
 | "A History of Experimental Film & Video" [1999] by A.L. Rees British Film Institute 9x6¼ pb [5/99] for $20.02 British Film Institute 9½x6.4 hardcover [5/99] for $55.00 |
 | "Celluloid Mavericks: A History of American Independent Film" [1999] by Greg Merritt Thunder's Mouth Press 9x5¾ pb [10/99] out of print/used |
 | "American Independent Cinema: A Sight and Sound Reader" [2001] Edited by Jim Hillier British Film Institute 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $23.95 British Film Institute 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/2001] out of print/rare |
 | "Introduction To Documentary" [2001] by film scholar Bill Nichols IN Univ Press 9x6½ pb [10/2001] for $19.95 IN Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $42.95 |
 | "The Off-Hollywood Film Guide: The Definitive Guide To Independent and Foreign Films On Video & DVD" [2002] by Tom Wiener over 650 films (in alphabetical order) reviewed by longtime freelance U.S. film critic Kindle Edition from Random House [2002 edition] for $9.32 Random House Trade 9x6 pb [8/2002] out of print/used |
 | "The Age of Gold: Surrealist Cinema" [2003] by Robert Short Creation Books 8¼x8¼ pb [4/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance & The Rise of Independent Film" [2004] by Peter Biskind S&S 9½x6.4 hardcover [1/2004] for $18.33 |
 | "Documentary Film: A Primer" [2004] by Carl Rollyson iUniverse 9x6 pb [12/2004] for $11.95 |
 | "The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History & Geography of Minor Cinemas In Los Angeles" [2005] by David E. James Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [5/2005] for $34.95 Univ CA Press 9¾x7 hardcover [5/2005] for $65.00 |
 | "American Independent Cinema" [2005] by Geoff King Indiana Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/2005] for $21.24 Indiana Univ Press 9½x6 hardcover [8/2005] for $75.00 |
 | "Shadows, Specters, Shards: Making History In Avant-Garde Film" [2005] by Jeffrey Skoller Univ MN Press 10x7 pb [8/2005] for $25.00 Univ MN Press 10x7 hardcover [8/2005] for $75.00 |
 | "A New History of Documentary Film" [2005] by Jack C. Ellis & Betsy A. Mclane Continuum Intl. 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2005] for $24.95 Continuum Intl. 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2005] for $60.20 |
 | "Encyclopedia of The Documentary Film" 3-volume set [2005] Edited by Ian Aitken Routledge 11¼x9 (11½ pounds!) hardcover [10/2005] for $625.00 |
 | "The Rough Guide To American Independent Film" [2006] by Jessica Winter Rough Guides 7x6¾ pb [10/2006] for $8.54 |
 | "Declarations of Independence: American Cinema and The Partiality of Independent Production" [2008] by John Berra This book 'questions the autonomy of independent film, asking if it is possible for a unique filmic vision to thrive in an industry of mass production'. Intellect Ltd. 9x6¾ pb [3/2008] for $40.00 |
 | "The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement: For The Public Record" [2010] Edited by Chris Berry, Lu Xinyu & Lisa Rofel Hong Kong Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2010] for $25.00 Hong Kong Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2010] for $50.00 |
How-To Books & Videos
 | "The Total Film-Maker" [1971] by Jerry Lewis Warner mass pb [3/73] out of print/rare Random House hardcover [8/71] out of print/used |
 | "Independent Feature Film Production: A Complete Guide From Concept Through Distribution" [1982] by Gregory Goodell recommended by John Carpenter, David Lynch, Ridley Scott & others St. Martin's Griffin 8¼x5½ pb [5/98] for $12.21 St. Martin 8¾x6¼ pb [12/82] for $18.95 St. Martin hardcover [1/82] out of print/used |
 | "Rebel Without A Crew: Or How A 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became A Hollywood Player" [1995] by Robert Rodriguez Plume 8x5½ pb [9/96] for $10.20 Dutton 9¼x6 hardcover [7/95] out of print/used author's credits at IMDb |
 | "Documentary For The Small Screen" [1997] by Paul Kriwaczek Focal Press 9½x7¼ pb [10/97] for $67.95 (many used) |
 | "Girl Director: A How-To Guide For The First-Time Flat-Broke Film & Video Maker" [2000] by Andrea Richards
Ten Speed Press 9¼x9¼ pb [4/2005] for $14.00 |
 | "Indie Producer's Handbook: Creative Producing From A to Z" [2001] by Myrl A. Schreibman, Foreword by Gilbert Cates MovieMaker Magazine named this "the number-one book on producing" Kindle Edition from Lone Eagle Publng [2001 edition] for $11.94 Lone Eagle Publng pb [8/2001] for $14.93 |
 | "Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of A Renegade Director" [2003] by Lloyd Kaufman, with Adam Jahnke & Trent Haaga L.A. Weekly Books 8½x5½ pb [4/2003] for $10.17 |
 | "The Complete Independent Movie Marketing Handbook: Promote, Distribute & Sell Your Film or Video" [2003] by Mark Steven Bosko Michael Wiese Prodns 9x6 pb [5/2003] for $26.37 |
 | "Filmmaking For Dummies" [2003] by Bryan Michael Stoller, Foreword by Jerry Lewis Wiley & Sons 9¼x7½ pb [7/2003] for $12.99 |
 | "From Reel To Deal: Everything You Need To Create A Successful Independent Film" [2003] by Dov S-S Simens Warner 9x6 pb [7/2003] for $12.21 |
 | "Independent Filmmaker's Manual, Second Edition" [2004] from I.F.P./Los Angeles, by Eden H. Wurmfeld & Nicole Shay Laloggia Focal Press 10¾x8½ pb {book & CD-ROM} [1/2004] for $29.67 Focal Press 1st edition pb {book & CD-ROM} [7/99] for $44.95 |
 | "Make Your Own Damn Movie!" DVD box set [2005] from Troma Entertainment Troma color DVD [5/2005] 5 disks for $44.99 Troma color DVD [5/2005] 5 disks & book for $62.99 official movie site |
 | "Cinematic Storytelling: The 100 Most Powerful Film Conventions Every Filmmaker Must Know" [2005] by Jennifer Van Sijll
Michael Wiese Prodns 7¾x10¾ wide-format pb [8/2005] for $15.54 |
 | "The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking: An Insider's Guide To Making Movies Outside of Hollywood" [2005] by Mark & Michael Polish & Jonathan Sheldon Harvest 8x7 pb [10/2005] for $10.65 |
 | "Planning The Low-Budget Film" [2006] by Robert Latham Brown "should be cumpulsory reading for every film student" Chalk Hill Books pb [3/2006] for $29.95 |
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"Independent Film Distribution: How To Make A Successful End Run Around The Big Guys" [2006] by Phil Hall Michael Wiese Prodns 2nd edition 9x6½ pb [1/2011] for $16.47 Michael Wiese Prodns 8¾x6 pb [11/2006] out of print/used |
 | "The Pocket Lawyer For Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit For Independent Producers" [2007] by Thomas A. Crowell Focal Press 8¾x6 pb [3/2007] for $21.05 publisher's bookpage |
 | "The Insider's Guide To Independent Film Distribution" [2007 bestseller] by Stacey Parks Focal Press 6x9 pb [5/2007] for $16.47 publisher's bookpage |
 | "The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide For The Digital Age" [orig 1984, rev 2007] by Steven Ascher & Edward Pincus Plume 8¾x6 pb [9/2007] for $16.50 |
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"Making Short Films: The Complete Guide From Script To Screen" [orig 2005, rev 2008] by Clifford Thurlow Berg Publrs 2nd Edition 9½x6¾ pb [4/2008] for $13.57 Berg Publrs 2nd Edition 9½x6¾ hardcover [4/2008] for $94.95 |
 | "The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn't Know You Need To Know About Making An Independent Film" [2009] by Reed Martin Faber & Faber 8x5½ pb [4/2009] for $16.50 |
 | "Think Outside The Box Office: The Ultimate Guide To Film Distribution and Marketing For The Digital Era" [2009] by Jon Reiss Kindle Edition from Hybrid Cinema [8/2011] for $9.99 Hybrid Cinema 9x6 pb [12/2009] for $16.47 official book site author's faculty page at CalArts |
 | "Rebel Without A by Vincent Rocca, with Commentary by Kevin Smith CreateSpace 9½x6¾ pb [11/2010] for $13.45 official book site "Kisses & Caroms" [Warner/Polychrome Aug 2006] Co-produced, co-written & directed by Vincent Rocca; starring Drew Wicks, Nikki Stanzione, Nicole Rayburn & Ryan Parks Warner Home Video DVD [8/2006] for $6.44 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
Magic Lantern's Independent & Avant-Garde Filmmakers Pages
on page one: links people, A to Z
here on page two: reference books how-to books & videos film festivals
selected films: collections on DVD individual films
documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald Page
documentary filmmaker Michael Moore Page
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