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American Independent Film Production Is Dying. Jeff Nichols Wants to Save It.

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American Independent Film Production Is Dying. Jeff Nichols Wants to Save It.
THE BIKERIDERS, from left: director of photography Adam Stone, Austin Butler, director Jeff Nichols, on set, 2023. ph: Kyle Kaplan / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection ©Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection

Jeff Nichols is not only one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of the American South, but is doing his damnedest to revitalize the film scene in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.

When he brought his acclaimed film “Loving” — about the landmark Loving v. Virginia case that legalized interracial marriage nationwide — to Little Rock back in 2016, he surveyed the scene and didn’t like what he saw.

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