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John Sayles said his independent films offer a worthwhile window into the past – even four decades after his first film in 1979.   Sayles began his career as an independent filmmaker with “Return of the Secaucus Seven,” and he said the feature films that followed all touch on some aspect of American life.

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Event provides new perspectives on US history through independent films

By Annika Carlson

Feb. 19, 2020 10:18 p.m.