American Independent Cinema

Yannis Tzioumakis is Reader in Film and Media Industries at the University of Liverpool. His research specialises in American independent cinema and the business of media entertainment. His books include American Independent Cinema: An Introduction (EUP, 2006), The Spanish Prisoner (EUP, 2009), and Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories Identities (Intellect, 2011). He is also the co-editor of "American Indies" (EUP), a 6-volume book series that examines key titles from the contemporary US independent film scene.

This new edition of Yannis Tzioumakis’s invaluable introduction to American independent film charts its trajectory into the New Millennium and the realm of Indiewood, specialty films, and digital cinema. There is simply nothing like this book in terms of its scope, its depth, and its nuanced history of independent filmmaking.

• List of TablesList of Case StudiesList of FiguresAcknowledgementsPrologue to the 2nd EditionIntroduction: Problems of Definition and the Discourse of American Independent CinemaPart I: American Independent Cinema in the Studio Years (mid-1920s–late 1940s)1: Independent Filmmaking in the Studio Era: Tendencies within the Studio System2: Independent Filmmaking in the Studio Era: The Poverty Row Studios (1930–50s)Part II: American Independent Cinema in the post-Studio Era (late 1940s–late 1960s)3: Independence by Force: The Effects of the Paramount Decree on Independent Film Production4: An Audience for the Independents: Exploitation Films for the Nation’s YouthPart III: American Independent Cinema and the ‘New Hollywood' (late 1960s–late 1970s)5: The New Hollywood and the Independent Hollywood6: American Independent Cinema in the Age of the ConglomeratesPart IV: Contemporary American Independent Cinema (early 1980s-present)7: Mini-majors and Major Independents8: The Institutionalisation of American Independent Cinema9: American Independent Cinema in the Age of Media ConvergenceEpilogue to the 2nd Edition: From Independent Cinema to Specialty ContentBibliographyIndex