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  5. Independent films

Film Genres

This guide highlights library resources for some of the more popular film genres.
  • Introduction
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  • Action films
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Other library resource(s)

  • Resource logoAmerican independent cinema from Oxford Bibliographies Online by David Sterritt
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    ISBN: 9780199791286
    American independent cinema, often called “indie cinema,” has no clear historical starting point and no single definition. Most broadly, the term refers to films made outside the Hollywood system, although some scholars date independent cinema from 1908, when enterprising filmmakers defied the near-monopoly of the Motion Picture Patents Company, formed by Thomas A. Edison and others hoping to control the rapidly expanding industry. ...
  • Resource logoAmerican independent cinema, producers from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Yannis Tzioumakis
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    ISBN: 9780199791286
    The concept of independence in American cinema has been widely debated as a great variety of film production arrangements, including ones associated with the major Hollywood studios’ practices, have claimed the label “independent” for themselves, often perceiving it as a marker of distinction. American independent film production and the companies and people responsible for it can be broadly distinguished between top rank and low end. ...
  • Series logoFilm Movement series
    • Video
    • DVD
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Check the online catalog to see individual titles
    Film Movement exists to ensure exceptional independent cinema finds the audience it deserves. We have over 50 films from Film Movement.
  • Cover artPlace: 13 essays, 13 filmmakers, 1 city by Cecilia Araneda, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.5 .C2 P53 2009
    Featuring essays by Danishka Esterhazy, Solomon Nagler, Jonas Chernick, Ioannis Mookas, Caelum Vatnsdal, Larissa Fan, Tricia Wasney, Kenneth George Godwin, Miye Bromberg, Matthew Rankin, Geoff Pevere, Jonathan Ball, and Sean Carney.
  • Screening room DVD series
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD - check catalog for specific number
    Screening Room was a 1970s Boston television series that for almost ten years offered independent filmmakers a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station. The series was developed and hosted by filmmaker Robert Gardner (Dead Birds, Forest of Bliss), who was Chairman of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and Director of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard for many years.

Keeping up with the journal literature

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A short definition for independent cinema

Independent cinema (US)

1. Films made outside the production, distribution, and exhibition framework of the major Hollywood studios and considered antithetical or oppositional to mainstream commercial cinema.

2. Films aimed at niche audiences made by independent film companies for commercial purposes, often in cooperation with the major film producers.

In its most common use, the term independent film, or ‘indie’ film in the US, broadly corresponds with art cinema in a European context. In 1950s New York, repertory cinemas showing European art films catered to an appreciative audience of cinephiles, inspiring would-be filmmakers to create films outside the commercial sector. Morris Engel, with his wife Ruth Orkin, made The Little Fugitive (1953), Lovers and Lollipops (1955), and Weddings and Babies (1958); and Lionel Rogosin made On the Bowery (1956)—documentary-style films informed by Neorealism. The increasing availability of portable and relatively inexpensive 16 mm cameras and Nagra tape-recording technology encouraged more filmmakers to follow their lead, among them John Cassavetes, who produced and directed Shadows (1959) and is perhaps America’s best-known independent (see also new american cinema). Other New York-based independents, include Shirley Clarke (The Connection (1962), The Cool World (1963), and Portrait of Jason (1967)); Andy Warhol (The Chelsea Girls (1966) and Lonesome Cowboys (1967)); Paul Morrissey, who after working with Warhol went on to direct Flesh (1968), Trash (1970), and Women in Revolt (1971); Robert Kramer (Ice (1969) and Milestones (with John Douglas, (1975)); and Mark Rappaport (Imposters (1979), The Scenic Route (1978)). Working during this same period but based in Los Angeles, Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep (1977), My Brother’s Wedding (1983)) is—along with Julie Dash and Haile Gerima—a prominent African-American independent filmmaker (see black cinema (us)).   ...

Kuhn, A., & Westwell, G. (2020). Independent cinema (US). In A Dictionary of Film Studies. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 7 Aug. 2023

Finding library resource about independent film

Resources about Independent film are scattered throughout the PN 1990's. To see what our catalog has, click on one of the following subject searches:

  • Independent films
    The call number range is PN 1990's
  • independent filmmakers
  • experimental films
    Most works are located on Baker Stack Level 4 in the call number range PN 1995.9 .E96.

Introductory reading(s)

  • Cover artAmerican independent cinema: an introduction by Yannis Tzioumakis
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.5 .U6 T98 2006
    ISBN: 9780813539713
    From the prestige films of Cagney Productions to recent, ultra-low budget cult hits, such as Clerks and The Blair Witch Project, American independent cinema has produced some of the most distinctive films ever made. This comprehensive introduction draws on key films, filmmakers, and film companies from the early twentieth century to the present to examine the factors that shaped this vital and evolving mode of filmmaking. ...
  • Cover artDirectory of world cinema. American independent by John Berra, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.5 .U6 A54 2010
    ISBN: 9781841503684
    With high-profile Academy Award nominations and an increasing number of big-name actors eager to sign on to promising projects, independent films have been at the forefront in recent years like never before. But the roots of such critical and commercial successes as The Hurt Locker and Precious can be traced to the first boom of independent cinema in the 1960s, when a raft of talented filmmakers emerged to capture the attention of a rapidly growing audience of young viewers. A thorough overview of a thriving area of cultural life, Directory of World Cinema: American Independent chronicles the rise of the independent sector as an outlet for directors who challenge the status quo, yet still produce accessible feature films that not only find wide audiences but enjoy considerable box office appeal without sacrificing critical legitimacy. ...
  • Cover artDirectory of world cinema. American Independent 2 by John Berra, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker/Berry PN 1995.9 .I457 A44 2013
    ISBN: 9781841506128
    From Andy Warhol's Factory films to Roger Corman's exploitation productions to contemporary features backed by Hollywood studio subdivisions, American independent cinema has undergone several incarnations since its emergence as a politically charged underground movement in the 1960s.
  • Cover artIndependent filmmaking around the globe by Doris Baltruschat and Mary P. Erickson, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1995.9 .I457 I54 2015
    ISBN: 9781442626836
    Independent Filmmaking around the Globe calls attention to the significant changes taking place in independent cinema today, as new production and distribution technology and shifting social dynamics make it more and more possible for independent filmmakers to produce films outside both the mainstream global film industry and their own national film systems. ...
  • Cover artSubversion: the definitive history of underground cinema by Duncan Reekie; Kirsten Moana Thompson
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1995.9 .E96 R38 2007
    ISBN: 9781905674213
    Subversion: The Definitive History of Underground Cinema is the indispensable history of underground cinema, an untold story that includes the British independent and French avant-garde cinemas of the 1920s, the counterculture film movements of the 1960s, the microcinema resurgence of the 1990s, and beyond. ...

Selected book title(s)

  • Cover artChildren of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema by Xiaoping Lin
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry NX 583 .A1 L565 2010
    ISBN: 0824833368
    Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from the mid-1990s to the beginning of the twenty-first century.
  • Cover artContemporary American independent film: from the margins to the mainstream by Justin Wyatt; Christine Holmlund, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.5 .U6 C636 2005
    ISBN: 9780415254878
    From Easy Rider to The Blair Witch Project, this book is a comprehensive examination of the independent film scene. Exploring the uneasy relationship between independent films and the major studios, the contributors trace the changing ideas and definitions of independent cinema, and the diversity of independent film practices. They consider the ways in which indie films are marketed and distributed, and how new technologies such as video, cable and the internet, offered new opportunities for filmmakers to produce and market independent films. ...
  • Cover artFilm out of bounds: essays and interviews on non-mainstream cinema worldwide by Matthew Edwards, ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1994 .F439134 2007
    ISBN: 9780786429707
    Operating outside the commercial boundaries of Hollywood cinema, alternative and independent filmmakers have much to offer the discriminating viewer. Yet they struggle for a place in the popular culture, and even more for recognition by the scholarly community. The specific aim of this book is to provide much-needed critical examination of titles, particularly those by British filmmakers. In-depth commentary from such acclaimed writers as Maitland McDonagh, Jasper Sharp, Johannes Schonherr and Marcus Stiglegger considers filmmakers who work at the very heart of the independent medium, giving the reader specific insight into alternate cinema and the struggles its filmmakers endure. ...
  • Cover artIndie reframed: women's filmmaking and contemporary American independent cinema by Linda Badley, Claire Perkins and Michele Schreiber, eds.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1993.5 .U6 I53 2016
    ISBN: 9781474403948
    With the consolidation of "indie" culture in the 21st century, female filmmakers face an increasingly indifferent climate. Within this sector, women work across all aspects of writing, direction, production, editing and design, yet the dominant narrative continues to construe "maverick" white male auteurs such as Quentin Tarantino or Wes Anderson as the face of indie discourse.
  • Cover artL. A. rebellion: creating a new black cinema by Allyson Nadia Field, Jan-Christopher Horak & Jacqueline Najuma Stewart, eds.
    • On Campus or VPN
    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9780520284685
    L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema is the first book dedicated to the films and filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion, a group of African, Caribbean, and African American independent film and video artists that formed at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the 1970s and 1980s. The group--including Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, Haile Gerima, Billy Woodberry, Jamaa Fanaka, and Zeinabu Irene Davis--shared a desire to create alternatives to the dominant modes of narrative, style, and practice in American cinema, works that reflected the full complexity of Black experiences.
  • Cover artSpike, Mike, slackers and dykes: a guided tour across a decade of American independent cinema by John Pierson; Kevin Smith
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PN 1998.2 .P56 1995
    ISBN: 9780786861897
    An insiders account of what goes on behind the scenes in independent film covers John Piersons pivotal role in the launching of such films as Stranger than Paradise, Clerks, Shes Gotta Have It, and Roger and Me.

Finding scholarly articles & journal title(s)

Articles and other writings about independent film can be found in many publications. Our collection includes 2 publications which look exclusively at experimental films but none that look exclusively at independent films. The titles are listed below. You can use Film & Television Literature Index to find more articles.

  • Filmmaker magazine: the magazine of independent film by the gotham
    Call Number: Electronic journal
    This magazine is from the Independent Filmmaker Project (ifp). There is a whole section on film-making.
  • Millennium film journal
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic journal
    Online coverage goes from January 2003 to the present. Coverage in print begins in 1999.
  • The independent film & video monthly
    • On Campus or VPN
    Call Number: Electronic journal
    Online coverage from March 2002 through June 2005.
  • Resource logoFilm & television literature index by EBSCO Publishing
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Use this index to find articles about independent film.
  • Resource logoWeb of science citation databases by Clarivate
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The online version of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and, Social Sciences Citation Index.

Selected movie titles

Find more independent films.

  • Movie poster artBorder radio by Allison Anders, Kurt Vos
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #9775
    A low-key, semi-improvised postpunk diary, Border Radio features rocker Chris D. of the Flesh Eaters as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife to track him down with the help of his friends.
  • Cover artFor your consideration by Christopher Guest
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #4503
    ISBN: 9781419828959
    It's about an indie movie called Home for Purim, a somewhat inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in the South during World War II. But while the film is still in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site drops the word -- based on a brief visit to the set -- that one of the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It goes on to chronicle how the Oscar buzz affects the director, additional cast members, writers, an agent, a publicist, and the hosts from an Hollywood entertainment-type television program.
  • Movie poster artA Hollis Frampton odyssey by Criterion Collection
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #17456
    ISBN: 1604655674
    This set contains 24 films by the acclaimed filmmaker produced between 1966 and 1979.
  • Movie poster artKiller of sheep by Charles Burnett
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #9841
    Stan works long hours at a slaughterhouse in Watts, Los Angeles. The monotonous slaughter affects his home life with his wife and two children. Through a series of confusing episodic events—some friends try to involve Stan in a criminal plot, a white woman propositions Stan to work in her store, and Stan and his friend Bracy attempt to buy a car engine—a mosaic of an austere working-class life emerges in which Stan feels unable to affect the course of his life.
  • Les Blank by Les Blank
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #9955
    Les Blank screens and discusses his recent film The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins as well as footage for several works in progress.
  • New masters of cinema by Various directors
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #10413
    One minute past midnight; Fare bene Mìkles; Trafic; Mekong interior & Breaking out.
  • Resource logoNew world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present by Alexander Street Press
    • Video
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Streaming video
    The collection includes approximately 200 full-length feature films from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and the Global Films Initiative. The narratives provide a window into a wide range of cultures and sociological issues around the world.
  • Cover artPutty Hill; Hamilton by Matt Porterfield
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #14186
    ISBN: 9780781513586
    A beautifully realized portrait of a close-knit community on the outskirts of Baltimore. At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America, dislocated from the progress and mobility around them, but united in pursuit of a shared dream.
  • Cover artThe sensation of sight by Aaron Wiederspahn
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #10447
    ISBN: 9781569946596
    Finn is an English teacher going through a mid-life crisis. Having just had a recent tragedy in his life, he takes up selling encyclopedias to the town as he looks for meaning in life.
  • Movie poster artThe visitor by Tom McCarthy
    • DVD
    Call Number: Jones Media DVD #8013
    A disaffected college professor develops a friendship with two undocumented immigrants.

Internet resource(s)

  • British Independent Film Awards logo
    British Independent Film Awards
    • Link
    Created in 1998, The British Independent Film Awards set out to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British film making, to honor new talent, and to promote British films and film making to a wider public.
  • Chlotrudis logo
    The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film
    • Link
    The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film is a non-profit organization that teaches people to view films actively, helps people experience the world through independent film, and encourages discussion and discourse about film and the world.
  • Distribution Advocates clear logo
    Distribution Advocates
    • Link
    Distribution Advocates works to collectively reclaim power for independent storytellers in the current systems of distribution and exhibition. They are a coalition-in-formation striving to advocate for filmmakers and maintain plurality and originality in a culture that needs it more than ever. They fight for radical transparency, rebalancing entrenched inequities and blazing a new, more interesting, accessible and inclusive way forward.
  • Distribution Advocates logo
    Distribution Advocates Presents ...
    • Podcast
    • Link
    Over the past six months, Distribution Advocates researched, developed, and interviewed over a dozen of filmmakers, industry insiders, expert historians, and activist thought-leaders for their new podcast, Distribution Advocates Presents. The first episodes dropped on January 31, 2024, on various platforms. ...
  • Film Independent
    • Link
    The non-profit member driven organization Independent Feature Project (IFP)/West soon emerged ... with the mission to cultivate the careers of independent filmmakers, build larger audiences for independent film, and champion diversity in the entertainment industry.
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards
    • Link
    Founded in 1984, the awards were originally known as the FINDIE ("Friends of Independents") Awards. In 1986, the awards were renamed the Independent Spirit Awards.
  • Film Movement
    • Link
    A great source to buy small independent films of all types. You can get a subscription.
  • IFC
    • Link
    IFC (Independent Film Channel) is the first and only network dedicated to independent film and related programming, 24 hours a day.
  • Independent Film & Television Alliance
    • Link
    The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is the trade association of independent producers and distributors of motion picture and television programming worldwide. Formerly known as the American Film Marketing Association, the non-profit organization was established in 1980 by a group of independents whose main goal was to expand the independent film business by creating a world-class trade show, the American Film Market (AFM).
  • Independent Film Week
    • Link
    They help independent creators from around the world develop new projects, connect within the industry and champion collaborative and impactful storytelling at all stages.
  • IndiePix
    • Link
    IndiePix was founded in 2004 to bring film fans the very best of independent cinema.
  • IndieWIRE.com
    • Link
    The leading news, information, and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike
  • Sundance Institute
    • Link
    Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences.
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