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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| A Brief and Potentially Disturbing Overview of the State of Independent Film in America | |
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| Independent Film 101 | |
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| Outsiders Fighting Back | |
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| Interview: Rich Curnutte, Editor, The Film Journal | |
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| Different Voices: Outsiders on a Celluloid Platform | |
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| The View from Today: Who Is Distributor Movies? | |
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| Interview: Gregory Hatanaka, Distributor/Filmmaker | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| Before you Even Think of Contacting a Distributor | |
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| Ask Yourself: Is this Film Really Good Enough for Release? | |
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| Which Distributor Are you Considering? | |
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| Are All of the Elements in Place? | |
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| The Passover Principle | |
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| The Press Kit | |
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| The Website | |
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| Interview: Eric Robichaud, CEO, 401 Consulting | |
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| Making COntact | |
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| How to Respond If You Get a Contract Offer | |
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| How to Deal with Rejection | |
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| Interview: Bilge Ebiri, Film Critic/Filmmaker | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| It's Not What You Know, but | |
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| Interview: Eric Byler, Filmmaker | |
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| The Producer's Rep | |
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| The Publicist | |
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| Interview: Sasha Berman, Film Publicist/Marketing Specialist | |
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| The Media | |
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| Professional Resources | |
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| The Lawyer | |
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| The Someone Who Knows Someone Who... | |
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| But Then Again... | |
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| Interview: Albert Lai, Partner and COO, Matson Films | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| The Hard and Bitter Truth about Festivals | |
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| The View from Yesterday | |
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| The View from Today | |
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| Interview: Ryan Dacko, Filmmaker/ Author | |
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| Are Festivals Worth the Bother? | |
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| Interview: Christian de Rezendes, Filmmaker | |
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| The New Festival Paradigm | |
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| Interview: Mark Doyle and Bruno Derlin, Festival Programmers, Visionfest | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| So you Think You Can Do a Better Job Than Miramax? | |
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| Interview: Arthur Dong, Filmmaker | |
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| The Self-Distribution Pioneers | |
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| Interviews: Andrew Repasky McElhinney, Filmmaker | |
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| A Few Basic Facts | |
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| Self-Distirbution War Stories | |
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| The Service Deal Solution | |
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| To Four-Wall or Not to Four-Wall? | |
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| Opportunity Knocking | |
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| Interview: Nick Day and Maurizio Benazza, Filmmakers | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| Is "Direct-to-Video" Synonymous with Failure? | |
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| DTV, Yesterday and Today | |
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| Interview: Doug Pratt, Author, Doug Pratt's DVD | |
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| Online Sales Success | |
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| Doing the Nontheatrical Circuit | |
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| Selected Movie, Coming Up | |
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| Interview: Michael Legge, Filmmaker | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| Using the Internet to Call Attention to Your Films | |
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| Blogging | |
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| Twitter | |
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| MySpace and Facebook | |
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| Wikipedia | |
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| Internet Movie Database | |
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| Online Video Sites | |
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| Interview: James L. Hennessy Jr., Public Relations/Marketing Expert | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| Who's who, Where They are, and What They are Looking for | |
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| Interview: Mark Cuban, Producer/Distributor | |
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| The State of Film Distribution, as ofToday | |
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| Interview. Andrew Gernhard, Producer/Distributor | |
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| Listen to What the Man Says | |
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| The Final Word | |
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| About the Author | |