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What constitutes an independent spirit nowadays?
Just days after this year’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, a question lingers: what are award shows that are meant to honor independent films actually in service of? And, if a winter awards show doesn’t present itself as a bellwether for the Oscars, does it even count?
While I write that as a joke, I do think that part of the reason why this year’s Indie Spirits telecast fell flat was due to some unfortunate no-shows. Film Independent,…
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