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Sundance 2011: How Indie Can Indie Filmmakers Be?

January 27, 2011   Rau

While I have the fortune of attending Sundance Film Festival this year, I arrived after the media circus debauchery that was Kevin Smith’s public tirade against mainstream film distribution and the concurrent (yet unrelated) protest and meta-protests that flooded Main Street.

So, I checked in with some filmmakers to get their two cents on Smith’s bold move to reject multi-million distribution deals and why they think of self-distribution for the future of indie film.

Here’s what they said:

A more complete article accompanying this video also appears on NeonTommy.

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