January 15, 2018
I Am Not Your Negro – “The Future of the Negro”
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January 10, 2018
How “I Am Not Your Negro” Filmmaker Reopened James Baldwin’s “House”
Craig Phillips in Interviews
The worldly Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck and his family fled the Duvalier dictatorship in 1961 and found asylum in the Democratic Republic of Congo, before Peck finished his schooling in…...
January 08, 2018
Unrest – Seeking Relief from M.E./Chronic Fatigue
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January 04, 2018
Filmmaker with M.E./Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Investigates Her Own Medical Mystery in Unrest
Craig Phillips in Interviews
To say filmmaker Jen Brea has made the most of her challenging situation would be a vast understatement. Burdened with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), she produced her film Unrest…...
January 03, 2018
Muscle Shoals’ Rick Hall Passes Away
Craig Phillips in Announcements
Sad news to report, that Rick Hall, the star of the Independent Lens film Muscle Shoals, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness. The Fame Studios founder,…...
December 18, 2017
Take the Armistead Maupin and Tales of the City Pop Quiz!
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
How much do you know about Armistead Maupin and about his beloved Tales of the City series? Are you a Maupin superfan? Take this quiz we created for both for longtime…...
December 15, 2017
From North Carolina to San Francisco: Jennifer Kroot Tells the Tales of Maupin
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Jennifer Kroot brings a background in underground filmmaking to her documentaries and uses that sensibility to create surprises within her stories. The San Francisco-based filmmaker first caught the eye of…...
December 12, 2017
On Supergirls, Sasha Fierce, Slim Shady and Having an Alter Ego
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Michelle Konstantinovsky Naomi Kutin is technically the central subject of the new Independent Lens documentary Supergirl. But as the film unfolds, viewers learn fairly quickly that there are actually two equally important…...
December 07, 2017
Jessie Auritt Explores the World of an Unorthodox Girl in Orthodox World
Craig Phillips in Interviews
"Showcasing a normal girl doing extraordinary things, Supergirl is a health tonic for this cramping climate of resurgent sexism underway where girls everywhere are struggling to understand their worth," wrote…...
November 18, 2017
Meet Your Guides to the Shady Global Arms Trade of Shadow World
Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films
Shadow World is in many senses an epic film, that (as Ian McQuaid wrote in The Ransom Note) "draws together a sordid tale of corruption, violence, and greed that sprawls across decades…...
November 10, 2017
Global Arms Expert Andrew Feinstein Explores Shadow World of Weapons Trade
Craig Phillips in Beyond the Films
Andrew Feinstein is one of the world's leading experts on political corruption and the global arms trade. A frequent commentator on BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian, his writing…...
November 07, 2017
Chasing Trane – Coltrane Reawakens with New Blood – Clip
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