Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword: Producing Independently in a Global Industry vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction
6. 1. The Meaning of Independence: Concepts, Contexts, and Interpretations 3
7. Part One: Independent Film vis-à-vis the Local and Global Mainstream
8. 2. An Increasingly Global Presence: Contemporary American Independent Cinema outside the United States 19
9. 3. European Union Initiatives for Independent Filmmakers across Europe 39
10. 4. Dependency and Independence in British Independent Film 53
11. 5. From Aussiewood Movies to Guerrilla Filmmaking: Independent Filmmaking and Contemporary Australian Cinema 71
12. 6. Independent Filmmaking in the Peruvian Context: Seeking Meaning 90
13. Part Two: The Meaning of Independence in Regions of Conflict and Change
14. 7. In the Shadow of the Studios, the State, and the Multiplexes: Independent Filmmaking in Greece 113
15. 8. Turkish Independent Cinema: Between Bourgeois Auteurism and Political Radicalism 131
16. 9. Filmmaking in Iraq: A Rebirth 149
17. 10. The Grassroots Perspective: Sixth Generation Cinema and Independent Filmmaking in China 175
18. 11. Independent Filmmaking in Africa: New Voices and Challenges 188
19. Part Three: Digital Media and the Independent Voice
20. 12. Syiok Sendiri? Independent Filmmaking in Malaysia 213
21. 13. Independent Filmmaking in the Canadian Arctic 236
22. 14. Digital Video Films as “Independent” African Cinema 255
23. Glossary 270
24. Filmography 275
25. Bibliography 282
26. Contributors 309