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 -- Lolita Guevarra Electronic Marketing Coordinator University of California Press Tel. 510.643.4738 | Fax 510.643.7127 [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]