Early Independents

Online registration closes September 24 at 5 pm CT.

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This course examines the very beginnings of independent filmmaking in the United States, focusing on the auteurs who would emerge from outside of the studio system—John Cassavetes, Shirley Clarke—as well as the even further outsiders who may have produced only one now-canonical film and then disappeared altogether from the American cinematic landscape. The broad variety of films considered include women and African-American pioneers, and the rare filmmakers who began within the studio system—Samuel Fuller, Ida Lupino—only to find greater freedom of expression and experimentation outside the system

Notes

Online registration closes September 24 at 5 pm CT.

All Graham School courses use Canvas to distribute files and announcements. You will receive an invitation to join Canvas about a week before your course begins. Remote courses require you to login to Canvas to access the Zoom Classroom. Please visit the Liberal Arts Remote Learning Resources page to find step by step instructions for Canvas and Zoom.