The heat is turning up as we approach the Fourth of July, so why not shelter inside with a nine-day salute to independent moviemaking.
IFC Center and IndieCollect co-present “Declaration of Independents!” a film retrospective timed to the America250 celebration highlighting “filmmakers who asserted their creative freedom during a formative era of American independent cinema.”
Spike Lee’s “School Daze” kicks off the series on July 1 — the director himself will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening of the 1988 film.
The nine-day retrospective runs through July 9 and offers 20 films to choose from, including Steven Soderbergh’s “sex, lies, and videotape” and Errol Morris’ “The Thin Blue Line.”
“As we thought about how to pay tribute to the incredible vitality and richness of American independent filmmaking at this historic moment, we kept coming back to 1979-1989 as a key era when independent cinema first broke through to wider audiences,” Harris Dew, SVP and general manager of IFC Center, said in a statement.
At least eight other directors will introduce their films in-person to IFC audiences: Charlie Ahearn (“Wild Style”), Lizzie Borden (“Born in Flames”), Aarin Burch (“Dreams of Passions”), Bette Gordon (“Variety”), Paula de Koenigsberg & Lucy Winer (“Rate It X”), Jim Klein (“Seeing Red”), and Fran Rubel Kuzui (“Tokyo Pop”).
Each title will be screened twice between July 1 and July 9. For tickets, showtimes and more information, visit the IFC Center website.
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