It kicks off with a virtuoso nine-minute moving-camera shot that introduces the bustle of big-studio pitching.

NEWYORKER: The Player

This Sundance prize-winner, made on the cheap, is as formulaic and calculated as the most banal big-studio productions.

NEWYORKER: The Wackness

Seker said she often comes across wonderfully made black independent films that just aren't able to get big-studio backing or distribution deals.

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