Dear Screen-L:
The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication of:
Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor
Scott MacDonald, Professor of Film History at Hamilton College, is
author of the five volumes of the _Critical Cinema _series (UC
Press), of _The Garden in the Machine: A Field Guide to Independent
Films about Place _(UC Press), and of several other books on
avant-garde film and on institutions that have kept avant-garde film
alive. He is currently Visiting Professor of Film History at Hamilton
College and at Harvard University.
http://go.ucpress.edu/MacDonaldCanyon
"MacDonald's selections tread a pitch-perfect path between being
comprehensive and making an engrossing and illuminating narrative. He
has perfected his voice, and controls the entire history of U.S.
avant-garde film with an easy and graceful confidence."-David E.
James, author of _The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography
of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles_
Bringing alive a remarkable moment in American cultural history,
Scott MacDonald tells the colorful story of how a small, backyard
organization in the San Francisco Bay Area emerged in the 1960s and
evolved to become a major force in the development of independent
cinema. Drawing from extensive conversations with men and women
crucial to Canyon Cinema, from its newsletter _Canyon Cinemanews,
_and from other key sources, MacDonald offers a lively chronicle of
the life and times of this influential, idiosyncratic film exhibition
and distribution collective. His book features many primary documents
that are as engaging and relevant now as they were when originally
published, including essays, poetry, experimental writing, and
drawings.
Full information about the book, including the table of contents, is
available online: http://go.ucpress.edu/MacDonaldCanyon
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Lolita Guevarra
Electronic Marketing Coordinator
University of California Press
Tel. 510.643.4738 | Fax 510.643.7127
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