Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont CMC Senior Theses CMC Student Scholarship 2017 In Defense of Sundance: Examining the Film Festival’s Place in American Independent Cinema in the Age of Netflix and Amazon Adam Soll Claremont McKenna College Recommended Citation Soll, Adam, "In Defense of Sundance: Examining the Film Festival’s Place in American Independent Cinema in the Age of Netflix and Amazon" (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1630. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1630 This Open Access Senior Thesis is brought to you by Scholarship@Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in this collection by an authorized administrator. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Claremont McKenna College In Defense of Sundance: Examining the Film Festival’s Place in American Independent Cinema in the Age of Netflix and Amazon submitted to Professor James Morrison by Adam Soll for Senior Thesis Spring Semester April 24th 2017 1 Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to thank my reader, Professor James Morrison. Over the past four semesters, your wisdom and guidance have tremendously enriched my love of film and helped me grow as a writer and critical thinker. Thank you to Andrew Ahn, who so generously took the time to discuss his experience working with Sundance as an independent filmmaker. Lastly, thank you to my family, friends, teachers, and mentors for encouraging me to pursue my passion for film and for supporting me in every step of my education. 2 Table of Contents Abstract …………………………………………………………………….3