TY - BOOK AU - Berra,John TI - Directory of world cinema: American independent SN - 9781841503684 AV - PN 1993.5 D598 2010 U1 - 791.430973 PY - 2010/// CY - Bristol PB - Intellect KW - Independent filmmakers KW - United States KW - Low budget films KW - Reviews KW - Experimental films KW - 20160400 KW - Cine independiente KW - Historia KW - Estados Unidos KW - Cineastas estadounidenses KW - Crítica e interpretación KW - Directores de cine independiente N1 - Film of the year : The hurt locker -- Industry spotlight : interviews with Adam Green and Wayne Kramer -- Cultural crossover : John Waters and Baltimore -- Scoring cinema : Mulholland Dr. -- Directors : Stuart Gordon, Charlie Kaufman, David Lynch -- African-American : essay, reviews -- The American nightmare : essay, reviews -- Chemical world : essay, reviews -- Crime Documentary : essay, reviews -- Exploitation USA : essay, reviews -- Familial dysfunction : essay, reviews -- Narrative disorder : essay, reviews -- On the road : essay, reviews -- Queer cinema : essay, reviews -- Rural Americana : essay, reviews -- Slackers : essay, reviews -- The suburbs : essay, reviews -- Underground USA : essay, reviews N2 - 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 sector of cultural production, the Directory of World Cinema: American Independent chro ER -