Revealing the history of how Hollywood, with its eye on the bottom line, arguably lost its ability to support the work of creative filmmakers, Shoot It! is a passionate portrait of the American independent film scene that has produced some of the best movies of the last two decades and inspired those in other countries to do the same. While the studios envisage a generic universe, repressing local film cultures along the way, talented independents continue to tell local stories with universal appeal. Shoot It! is a celebration of those determined filmmakers.