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The American independent film, beginning in the 1910s but prior to the 1980s and first half of the 1990s, [19] [20] [11] was previously associated with race films, [21] Poverty Row b movies (e.g. Republic Pictures [22] [23]), exploitation films, avant-garde underground cinema (when it was known as the New American Cinema [24] [25]), social and political documentaries, experimental animated ...
Knights of the South Bronx is a 2005 American drama television film directed by Allen Hughes and written by Jamal Joseph and Dianne Houston. Based on a true story, it stars Ted Danson as a teacher who helps students at a tough South Bronx elementary school to succeed by teaching them to play chess. [1] It aired on A&E on December 6, 2005.
Following the big Oscars weekend, a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum up excitement about what 2025 has to offer in the cinema landscape.
Cadillac Records is a 2008 American biographical drama film written and directed by Darnell Martin.The film explores the musical era from the early 1940s to the late 1960s, chronicling the life of the influential Chicago-based record-company executive Leonard Chess, and a few of the musicians who recorded for Chess Records.
Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama film based on the true story of the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
Despite the tough climate for independent films, theaters are being saved by corporations from streamers to car companies. Netflix, for example, took over the Egyptian , Paris and Bay theaters.
Films about chess, a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games , such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess).
The following page lists the highest-grossing films that were distributed by independent, arthouse, and mini-major studios. The Passion of the Christ is the highest-grossing independent film of all time. [1] Independent films that were co-distributed by major film studios, such as Inglourious Basterds and Paranormal Activity, are not included.