February 23, 2015
Christine Herbes-Sommers Talks about Film on Racial Bias in America, Then and Now
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[caption id="attachment_6486" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Gunnar Myrdal with Ralph Bunche in Washington D.C., 1942[/caption] American Denial tells the the story of Swedish researcher Gunnar Myrdal, whose landmark 1944 study, An American…...
February 20, 2015
Test Your Implicit Bias with Science
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Created by Project Implicit, a research collaboration between scientists at Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington, this Implicit Association Test (IAT) aims to “[measure] the…...
February 16, 2015
Black Family History Through a Lens
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Archival family photo from the Digital Diaspora Family Roadshow A wonderful companion piece to Thomas Allen Harris's film Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is his…...
February 13, 2015
Thomas Allen Harris Goes Through a Lens Darkly
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The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black…...
February 12, 2015
Black History Month: From the Independent Lens Archives
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Our programming aims to celebrate black history more than just during the month February, but Black History Month is certainly a great time to pause and reflect on African American…...
February 09, 2015
Jessica Posner Odede: From New York to Nairobi
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In the final episode of A Path Appears (part three airs tonight on PBS; check local listings), Jessica Posner Odede and her husband Kennedy Odede bring us into the incredible work they…...
February 05, 2015
Esta Soler Imagines a Future Without Domestic Violence
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Esta Soler, an expert on violence against women and children, founded Futures Without Violence over 30 years ago and transformed it into one of the world’s leading violence prevention agencies.…...
February 04, 2015
Domestic Violence Quiz
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In conjunction with the three-part series A Path Appears [episode 3 airs Monday night February 9], which focuses on gender-based oppression and human rights violations in America and around the world, we…...
January 23, 2015
Targeting Sex Buyers, Not Sex Sellers: Arresting Demand for Prostitution
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By Lisa Ko The following article is presented in conjunction with the broadcast television premiere of A Path Appears on PBS’s Independent Lens (airs Monday, January 26, February 2 &…...
January 19, 2015
Moral Dilemmas in 10 War Films
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The central dilemma in Dan Krauss's Independent Lens documentary The Kill Team is grappled with by an American soldier in Afghanistan who found members of his platoon were committing immoral war crimes, and wanted…...
January 15, 2015
Dan Krauss Investigates The Kill Team
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Filmmaker Dan Krauss, who was nominated for an Academy Award and two Emmys for his first feature, The Death of Kevin Carter, was on the Oscar shortlist for his latest documentary The…...
January 12, 2015
Darius Clark Monroe’s Evolution from Criminal to Filmmaker
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[caption id="attachment_6221" align="alignnone" width="600"] Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe[/caption] Darius Clark Monroe's own evolution from loving son, to incarcerated criminal, and then back to student and filmmaker, is quite a journey.…...