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Cinema Speakeasy is about a curated film screening series based on the West Coast of the United States. Cinema Speakeasy is an ongoing series of film events. Centered primarily on the west coast of the United States, they are community-based - each chapter being run by a loose knit group of film professionals. The events are designed to provide an alternate revenue stream and distribution model for independent, experimental film by developing new audiences and creating an appetite for independent arts. == History == Cinema Speakeasy was founded in June 2009 in Los Angeles. The brainchild of independent arts advocate Saskia Wilson-Brown, the events were subsequently managed and conceived in close collaboration with television producer Georgi Goldman, who came on as the director of the organization, and in partnership with the community-based Echo Park Film Center. In August 2009, CS hosted its first event, showcasing the film 'Visioneers', directed by Jared Drake. 'Visioneers' was being distributed by Austin-based company B-Side, who had just launched their new distribution arm which relied heavily on alternative models such as microcinemas and community screenings. The series was created to address what Wilson-Brown felt was still lacking in the film world: Namely, a fun, event-oriented and consistent screening series to showcase new content in a group setting- a place to show the films that were increasingly being self-distributed by enterprising and tech-savvy independent filmmakers. Cinema Speakeasy was thus designed to foster a community, to encourage and help DIY strategies in film distribution, and to harness alternative exhibition spaces to the benefit of independent art. Wilson-Brown explained it in an article written by Zak Forsman on WorkBook Project in 2009: :"''I wanted to show – then – that DIY distribution is actually not so scary, once its broken down into smaller components. I conceived of this series to prove that the audience-led model of theatrical film exhibition at least is a feasible way to get your film shown. I also wanted to help independent filmmakers find ways to sustain (albeit in a small way) by helping raise funds for them through these screenings, while still keeping them accessible to people on small budgets.''"〔 The original Los Angeles-based events were developed on a curatorial model, overseen by Goldman and Wilson-Brown, with the occasional assistance of guest curators. Further to that, the events were designed to support independent filmmakers by splitting the revenue at the door, by helping them with marketing and promotion, and by aligning them with new audiences. The Cinema Speakeasy format was developed to model an actionable step filmmakers and curators could take for themselves to help shatter what Wilson-Brown calls 'an opaque film distribution system'.〔 This format was developed in line with current discussions happening in the independent film community, centralized largely on Lance Weiler's WorkBook Project. They were also deeply inspired by the microcinema movement. Anyone can do a Cinema Speakeasy-style event, anywhere they want. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cinema Speakeasy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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