For many independent filmmakers and producers, 2010 – starting with the upcoming Sundance Film Festival – figures to be a watershed year and the beginning of a Decade of Filmmaker Empowerment.  After years of disenchantment with traditional all-rights distribution deals, filmmakers and producers are poised to take matters into their own hands and forge a truly independent path to marketing and …

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First Person | Steven C. Beer: Independent Film Distribution in the Era of Filmmaker Empowerment (indieWIRE)