Excellent idea! I don't know if THE EAST (a brilliant piece of writing/acting by Brit Marling as a corporate spy who infiltrates a nest of eco-terrorists)) or THE ICEMAN (with an explosive performance by Michael Shannon as contract killer Richard Kuklinski) have been mentioned at GITS, but they would be on my list of must=see indies for this year.

Loved THE EAST as well. Wasn't totally sure what to expect going in, but really, really liked it. One of my favs this year.

What? No love for Fruitvale Station? It expands in 18 new cities this weekend. Director Ryan Coogler's feature debut starring Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, The Wire) and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer.

I sure hope some of these expand because it's pretty slim pickins' around here. Please do make an indie manifesto and put it on video. Cast a net over the internet (was that too cute?). People don't know there are options, so they quit going to see films. Vendors stop showing them because there's no money. What are your video capabilities? Just a thought, but something like MJ's Black Or White with a wide spectrum of people morphing into each other as some sort of tagline repeats, such as "I want story back, I want to hear my voice, your voice, their voice, the voice of independent story." OK, someone jump off from there with a better idea (gotta start somewhere) :-) Included in the manifesto might be support of indie filmmakers with sites such as indiegogo.com (not as commercial as kickstarter and the campaign doesn't have to be completely funded to receive pledged funds). Here's one that went over what they were asking for. http://bit.ly/154Dnwz And it wouldn't hurt to connect with indie writers busting through the gates. Many of those writers want to move into film, and many adept writers and producers can find killer material in that community. And lemme tell you, those writers are tough. They've been in the fight for some time now and are coming together in strong communities. Thank you so much for taking a stand on this and the time-exhaustive curation in bringing these films to our attention. As a start, we can start tweeting and sharing on FB and other social media.