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> How can the energy of cinema empower  grass roots democratic renewal if 
> the creation and distribution processes of cinema and television are 
> dominated by  the forces of global  free market economics?   In my 
> opinion, it cannot unless industrial orthodoxies are seriously 
> questioned.   In particular, the industrial / bureaucratic orthodoxy of 
> film development.
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> Any thoughts?
kimberly smith

For one thing you're assuming that all films are made within the context 
of the mainstream film industry. There are long traditions set against 
and often explicitly in opposition to that industry. Of course the 
audiences are tiny. . .

j

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