May 26, 2009
Many thanks to Phil Hall for taking the time to be interviewed about his new book, The History of Independent Cinema .
How do you define independent cinema?
I see independent films as productions that are financed and created outside of the Hollywood studio system.
Who were some of the earliest pioneers?
You would need to go back to the silent era. Carl Laemmle and Adolph
Zukor challenged the attempt by Thomas A. Edison to create a monopoly
on film production and distribution. Click blog.beliefnet.com for the whole story.
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