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Author Zimmermann, Patricia Rodden, author

Title The Flaherty : decades in the cause of independent cinema / Patricia R. Zimmermann and Scott MacDonald
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]

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Contents Cover -- THE FLAHERTY -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Patricia R. Zimmermann: Imagining a History of the Flaherty Seminar -- Scott MacDonald: The Logistics of Transcribing and Editing Flaherty Discussions -- 1. The Flaherty Way -- 1959 Frances Flaherty-Opening Remarks at the Seminar -- 2. A Seminar, 1955-1959 -- 1958 Robert Gardner with John Marshall-On The Hunters (1957) -- 3. An Organization, 1960-1969 -- 1963 Frances Flaherty-On Nanook of the North (1922) and Moana (1926) -- 1967 Frederick Wiseman-On Titicut Follies (1967) -- 1968 Willard Van Dyke-Opening Remarks at the Seminar -- 1968 Jim McBride and L.M. Kit Carson-On David Holzman's Diary (1967) -- 1969 Michael Snow-On Wavelength (1967) -- 4. Politics, Cultural and Formal, 1970-1980 -- 1970 Hollis Frampton-On Zorns Lemma (1970) -- 1970 Erik Barnouw, Paul Ronder, and Barbara Van Dyke-On Hiroshima-Nagasaki, August 1945 (1970) -- 1977 Barbara Kopple and Hart Perry-On Harlan County USA (1976) -- 5. Shock of the New, 1981-1989 -- 1981 Ed Pincus-On Diaries (1971-1976) (c. 1980) -- 1983 Trinh T. Minh-ha-On Reassemblage (1982) -- 1984 Bruce Conner-On Ten Second Film (1965), Permian Strata (1969), Mongoloid (1978), and America Is Waiting (1981) -- 1987 Peter Watkins and others-On The Journey (1987) -- 1987 Su Friedrich-On Damned If You Don't (1987) -- 6. Crises, 1990-1999 -- 1990 Marlon Riggs-On Tongues Untied (1989) -- 1991 William Greaves-On Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1972) -- 1992 Ken Jacobs-On XCXHXEXRXRXIXEXSX (many performances after 1980) -- 1992 Kazuo Hara-On Extreme Private Eros (1974) -- 1994 Nick Deocampo-On Revolutions Happen Like Refrains in a Song (1987), Memories of Old Manila (1993), and Isaak (1993) -- 1994 Mani Kaul-On Uski Roti (A Day's Bread, 1969) and Dhrupad (1982) -- 1995 Craig Baldwin-On Sonic Outlaws (1995)
7. The Brand, 2000-2015 -- 2000 Sergey Dvortsevoy-On Paradise (1995) -- Vicky Funari-On Paulina (1998) -- 2008 Bahman Ghobadi-On Life in Fog (1997), A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), and Half Moon (2006) -- 2013 Eyal Sivan-On The Specialist (1999) -- 2015 Mounira Al Solh-On Rawane's Song (2006) -- Marie-Hélène Cousineau-On Before Tomorrow (2008, comade with Madeline Ivalu) -- Hassan Khan-On Fuck This Film (1998) -- 2015 Tariq Teguia -On La clôture (The Fence, 2002), Gabbla (Inland, 2008), and Thwara Zanj (Révolution Zanj, 2012) -- 2016 Luke Fowler-On To the Editor of Amateur Photographer (2014, comade with Mark Fell), and Luis Ospina-On Aggarabdo pueblo (Vampires of Poverty, 1978, comade with Carlos Mayolo) -- Index
Summary This is the inspiring story of The Flaherty, one of the oldest continuously running nonprofit media arts institutions in the world, which has shaped the development of independent film, video, and emerging forms in the United States over the past 60 years. Combining the words of legendary independent filmmakers with a detailed history of The Flaherty, Patricia R. Zimmermann and Scott MacDonald showcase its history and legacy, amply demonstrating how the relationships created at the annual Flaherty seminar have been instrumental in transforming American media history. Moving through the decades, each chapter opens with a detailed history of the organization by Zimmermann, who traces the evolution of The Flaherty from a private gathering of filmmakers to a small annual convening, to today's ever-growing nexus of filmmakers, scholars, librarians, producers, funders, distributors, and others associated with international independent cinema. MacDonald expands each chapter by giving voice to the major figures in the evolution of independent media through transcriptions of key discussions galvanized by films shown at The Flaherty. The discussions feature Frances Flaherty, Robert Gardner, Fred Wiseman, Willard Van Dyke, Jim McBride, Michael Snow, Hollis Frampton, Erik Barnouw, Barbara Kopple, Ed Pincus, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Bruce Conner, Peter Watkins, Su Friedrich, Marlon Riggs, William Greaves, Ken Jacobs, Kazuo Hara, Mani Kaul, Craig Baldwin, Bahman Ghobadi, Eyal Sivan, and many others
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2017)
Subject Flaherty (Organization)
SUBJECT Flaherty (Organization) fast
Flaherty Seminar. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017018581
Subject Independent films -- Production and direction
Independent films -- History and criticism
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Independent films
Independent films -- Production and direction
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author MacDonald, Scott, 1942- author.
LC no. 2017016288
ISBN 9780253026880
0253026881