Indiewood in the 1990s

A. Entrance Card:


Based on the reading, explain Fordism and post-Fordism in relation to independent and Indiewood film. On the back of your card, write down terminology you're unfamiliar with.
 
Discuss in Groups.


List events from 1990s. 


B. The Official Story Discussion


C. Postmodernism? 


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C. Exploration of 1990s US Indie/Indiewood Films 


From Syllabus:


1990s Film, History, and Culture in the Americas

1/ 2 U.S. Indiewood Films of the 1990s: 


clips from Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash, 1991), 


Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), 


Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz, 1996), 


Eve’s Bayou (Kasi Lemmons, 1997) Entrance Card.


Film Screening: Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)


Assignment: Read course packet articles on 1990s Canadian cinema for next week and prepare for entrance card.