Screening American Independent Film

Introduction: On the Sweep of American Independent Film Histories 1. Two Knights of Vaudeville (1915) 2. Safety Last! (1923) 3. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 4. Billy the Kid Returns (1938) 5. Detour (1945) 6. The Hitch-Hiker (1953) 7. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 8. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) 9. I Want to Live! (1958) 10. Color Me Blood Red (1965) 11. My Hustler (1965) 12. Portrait of Jason (1967) 13. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) 14. The Learning Tree (1969) 15. Wanda (1970) 16. Billy Jack (1971) 17. Deep Throat (1972) 18. Pink Flamingos (1972) 19. Dark Star (1974) 20. A Very Natural Thing (1974) 21. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) 22. Chan is Missing (1982) 23. One from the Heart (1982) 24. Choose Me (1984) 25. Desert Hearts (1986) 26. Down By Law (1986) 27. She's Gotta Have It (1986) 28. Eight Men Out (1988) 29. sex, lies, and videotape (1989) 30. Paris Is Burning (1990) 31. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) 32. My Own Private Idaho (1991) 33. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) 34. Pulp Fiction (1994) 35. Eve's Bayou (1997) 36. Donnie Darko (2001) 37. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 38. Stranger Inside (2001) 39. Far from Heaven (2002) 40. Real Women Have Curves (2002) 41. American Splendor (2003) 42. Paranormal Activity (2007) 43. The Great Flood (2012) 44. Before Midnight (2013) 45. Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 46. Jason and Shirley (2015) 47. The Witch (2015) 48. 1985 (2018) 49. First Cow (2020) 50. The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) 51. Nomadland (2020)