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CONTENTS
About This Issue
What's American About American Movies?
Fields of Dreams: American Sports Movies
Coming to America
Film Festivals in the United States
Photo Gallery of Young Filmmakers
The Rise of the Independents
Sundance—Supporting the Work of Independent Filmmakers Worldwide
A Film Festival in Your Living Room
The Digital Revolution
Hollywood Goes Green
Video Feature video feature icon
The Movie Business Today
Bibliography
Internet Resources
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American Film Institute
AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television, and digital media.
http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2007/100movies07.pdf

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Presents a variety of film and video programming, augmented by filmmaker interviews, panels, discussions, musical performances, and other events that place the art on-screen in a broader cultural context.
http://www.afi.com/silver/new/default.aspx

Billboard
An international newsweekly of music, video, and home entertainment.
http://www.billboard.com

Bloom
MTV and OneDotZero have launched Bloom, a competition to find the best up-and-coming moving image talent from around the world and to commission a series of one-minute films that explore identity and community.
http://www.mtvonedotzero.com

Film and History
Published since 1970, Film and History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies is concerned with the impact of motion pictures on our society. Also, Film and History focuses on how feature films and documentary films both represent and interpret history.
http://www.filmandhistory.org

Film Schools
Features basic information about each school's program, often including opinions or evaluations submitted by students and others.
http://film_schools_browse.htm

Film Society of Lincoln Center
"America's pre-eminent film presentation organization, The Film Society of Lincoln Center was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, to recognize and support new filmmakers, and to enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding of the art among a broad and diverse filmgoing audience."
http://www.filmlinc.com/about/about.htm

History of the Academy Awards
http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history01.html

Internet Movie Database
http://us.imdb.com

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
http://www.mpaa.org

Movie Preview Sites
Offers comprehensive information on the film industry, including bios, movie trailers, latest information, and news and gossip.
http://trailers.htm

National Film Preservation Foundation
The National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) is the nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. It supports activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition.
http://www.filmpreservation.org

Script P.I.M.P. (Script Pipeline Into Motion Pictures)
This site contains information about how to submit screenplays, how to get script coaching, how to sign up for the newsletter or competitions, and how to search databases for a script. It also has information about film school options with links to individual schools and colleges that offer screenwriting or film programs.
http://www.scriptpimp.com/show_me/film_schools/

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