Honeydripper, a film by John Sayles

Mable John was at the heart of Berry Gordy's Motown revolution.

The father of American independent film – the grandfather, he says

a rave review from London's Derek Malcolm of the Evening Standard

It's independents' day here, with American lone star John Sayles on his new film Honeydripper, and legendary punk author Jon Savage on writing the new Joy Division documentary

A new film focuses on a forgotten era of American music when change was in the air. David Gritten reports

With a new film about to hit the screens, Danny Glover - Hollywood’s most ardent champion of worthy causes - tells our correspondent what keeps him fired up

Indie director John Sayles tells ALISTAIR HARKNESS what drew him to tell the story of the birth of rock 'n' roll

Jerry Large talks to danny Glover about the problenms with Hollywood films.