How indie cinema is beating Hollywood in 2026
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- Gen Z audiences are choosing low-budget independent films over Hollywood blockbusters.
- Some of the films come from YouTubers and a mother-and-son team working on a home computer.
- The shift reflects changing economics in the film industry.
Gen Z is skipping Hollywood blockbusters for low-budget independent films made by YouTubers and even by a mother and son working on a home computer. Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan examines how changing film-industry economics are helping independent cinema outperform Hollywood in 2026.
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