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Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema
Author John Pierson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1996
Media type Print
Pages371

Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema (1996) is a non-fiction book about independent cinema by John Pierson. [1] [2] The title references Pierson's interactions with Spike Lee, Michael Moore, Richard Linklater of the film Slacker and the lesbian-oriented film Go Fish .

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