Since the Gulf War, most of the world thinks of CNN as the epitome of American television, but, the American independents make their programmes under difficult conditions with little or no financial support from major television organizations. Still, in the shadow of the large networks they strive to reveal another perspective, a different reality. Almost all the programmes selected from the United _States this year are truly independent productions wherein the film makers themselves scraped together the financing from a variety of sources (some public, some private) to make their programmes. Here we have three films from three independents which illustrate personal, political and social views and values; two forcefully question and interrogate contemporary America. Theses are not the kinds of programmes generally seen on television in the United States. Where did the authors find the support to make them? Where can audiences see them?
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