September 27, 2015
Welcome to Your New Independent Lens
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Greetings indie doc devotees! You might notice things look a bit different around here. Perhaps you’re even reading this on your tablet or smartphone? It’s my pleasure to welcome you…...
August 11, 2015
Black Power Playlist: Music is the Message
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The soundtrack to America’s civil rights movement before the mid-1960s was predominantly made up of gospel standards and spirituals, with a smattering of popular folk. But by the late 1960s,…...
July 17, 2015
The Great Invisible Nominated for 2015 Emmy Award
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We were excited to learn today that the Independent Lens film The Great Invisible, which aired on PBS in April, was just nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional…...
July 01, 2015
And the Winner of the 2014-2015 Independent Lens Audience Award Is…
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The winner of this season's Independent Lens Audience Award, as chosen by voting viewers, is.... Kumu Hina! Interestingly, Kumu Hina is not the first Independent Lens film to win the…...
June 30, 2015
Penelope Spheeris’ Decline of Western Civilization Rises Again
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Editor's note: While these aren't Independent Lens films of course, the Decline films are some of our very favorite music docs, make for perfect summertime viewing, and are finally all out together…...
June 26, 2015
19 Memorable Faces of Independent Lens’ 2014-15 Season
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As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, so rather than unleash many more words on you, here's a photo gallery reminding you of some of the memorable…...
June 24, 2015
Time to Vote! Independent Lens 2014-2015 Audience Award
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The Independent Lens 2014-2015 season may have ended, but the Audience Award is heating up. Rate and vote for your favorite films from this past season on our Audience Awards page. In…...
June 22, 2015
In the Shadow of Ebola Takes You to Liberia for One Family’s Story
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Independent Lens presents the premiere online of In the Shadow of Ebola [watch now], a gripping short film set around the height of the Ebola crisis, but told from a highly personal…...
June 19, 2015
POV 2015: More Great Docs to Get You Through Summer
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[caption id="attachment_7008" align="alignnone" width="600"] Out in the Night[/caption] Our friends at POV are ready to grab the baton for thought-provoking docs airing Mondays on PBS, with a new slate of films about…...
June 15, 2015
Limited Partnership Filmmakers Commit Years to Telling Marriage Equality Story
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Tom Miller committed a long period of his life — 14 years — to his film Limited Partnership, and it became a true labor of love, appropriate for what is…...
June 12, 2015
Bringing the Same-Sex Marriage Debate Full Circle
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Tony Sullivan is no stranger to practicing the art of patience. He navigated through decades of legal fights with the U.S. government over both his own legal status as an…...
May 18, 2015
Johanna Hamilton Goes Back to 1971 to Find Burglars Who Revealed Illegal FBI Spying
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1971: A year before the Watergate scandal sent shockwaves through the United States, with no end in sight to the Vietnam War, and anti-war protests intensifying. In that same year a group of ordinary…...