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Indie Reframed : Women’s Filmmaking and Contemporary American Independent Cinema by Linda Badley; Claire Perkins; Michele Schreiber is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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## Explores the films, practitioners, production and distribution contexts that currently represent American women’s independent cinema 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. Defying the formulaic myths of the mainstream ‘chick flick’ and the ideological and experimental radicalism of feminist counter-cinema alike, women’s indie filmmaking is neither ironic, popular nor political enough to be readily absorbed into pre-existing categories. This ground-breaking collection, the first sustained examination of the work of female practitioners within American independent cinema, reclaims the ‘difference’ of female indie filmmaking. Through a variety of case studies of directors, writers and producers such as Ava DuVernay, Lena Dunham and Christine Vachon, contributors explore the innovation of a range of female practitioners by attending to the sensibi

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Author

Linda Badley; Claire Perkins; Michele Schreiber

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474403931

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Performing Arts, Sports