The History of Independent Cinema is a book by film historian Phil Hall

Phil Hall (US writer)

Phil Hall is an American writer. He is a contributing editor for the online magazine Film Threat.-Writing:Hall works as an editor for Zackin Publications, editing a monthly mortgage-banking magazine called Secondary Marketing Executive....

 that traces the development of the U.S. independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 sector from the early days of the silent films to the current digital video environment. The book also focuses on specific independent film genres including documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

s, race films, Yiddish-language films and corporate sponsored films. The book was published in 2009 by BearManor Media.