Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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Once the “queen of indies” who sold 80% of her films in the ’90s, Cheryl Bedford tells The Spotlight why that path has all but vanished. With studios merging and budgets impossible to recoup, she makes the case for YouTube and vertical series as the new frontier for independent filmmakers.

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