indieWIRE was born as a free daily e-mail publication in 1996, and over the past 10 years has been honored with a "Webby" Award for best film website, called a "must read" by Variety , branded the "online heartbeat of the world's independent film community" by Forbes , and dubbed "best indie crossroads" by film critic Roger Ebert. Documentary interviewed co-founder and editor-in-chief Eugene Hernandez to reflect on indieWIRE 's beginnings, how it bloomed and where it's headed in the future. When you started indieWIRE in 1996, did you have grand thoughts? Or did you just think it would be fun
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