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    Indie Film, Indeed

    Did you love Juno or Slumdog Millionaire? Then you should be worried about independent film as money dries up and the studios are giving up on art house movies. We talk with a man at the center of it all – John Cooper, the newly appointed head of the Sundance Film Festival. Plus, indie film may be facing tough times, but film festivals haven't got the memo.

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    By Kim Masters • Mar 30, 2009 • 30m Listen

    Did you love Juno or Slumdog Millionaire? Then you should be worried about independent film as money dries up and the studios are giving up on art house movies. We talk with a man at the center of it all – John Cooper, the newly appointed head of the Sundance Film Festival. Plus, indie film may be facing tough times, but film festivals haven't got the memo.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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