April 26, 2013
Border Crossing by the Numbers
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Juan Manuel, featured in The Undocumented, lived in the United States more than 15 years. Eventually, he was deported to Mexico, away from his children. He died crossing the U.S.…...
April 25, 2013
Director Marco Williams on the Making of The Undocumented
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[caption id="attachment_3919" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Filmmaker Marco Williams, director of The Undocumented[/caption] Since 1998, more than two thousand dead bodies have been found in Arizona’s Sonora Desert — the remains of…...
April 18, 2013
Director Jon Shenk on His Love for the Maldives, Public Television, and Pizza
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A world of change has happened since Jon Shenk filmed The Island President (airing April 22 on Independent Lens). After Shenk released the documentary in 2012, Maldivian leader Mohamed Nasheed…...
April 12, 2013
What’s YOUR Superpower?
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We’re all Wonder Women (or Men) inside, each with our own superpower. But sometimes, we daydream about being more than just a super-dad, super-banjo-strummer, or super-feminist. We want to levitate!…...
April 11, 2013
Filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan on the Making of Wonder Women!
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Directed by Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and produced by Kelcey Edwards, Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines airs Monday, April 15 at 10pm (check local listings). We recently spoke with…...
April 08, 2013
‘As I Am’ Filmmaker Alan Spearman Makes Moving Portraits in South Memphis
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We sat down with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alan Spearman about his experiences in making the short film, As I Am, paired with The House I Live In, airing Monday, April…...
April 05, 2013
Eugene Jarecki on Fighting the Good Fight and Taking a Closer Look at the War on Drugs
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We sat down with acclaimed filmmaker Eugene Jarecki to talk with him about his penetrating look at the profound human rights implications of America’s longest war: the War on Drugs.…...
April 02, 2013
A Letter from Kind Hearted Woman’s Robin Poor Bear
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Part One of Kind Hearted Woman, a pillar program of the Women and Girls Lead campaign, premiered last night during a special Independent Lens and FRONTLINE co-presentation. Viewers met Robin Poor Bear and her…...
March 28, 2013
Filmmaker David Sutherland on Making Kind Hearted Woman
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We sat down with acclaimed filmmaker David Sutherland to talk with him about his unforgettable portrait of Robin Charboneau, a 32-year-old divorced single mother and Oglala Sioux woman living on North…...
March 15, 2013
PBS Correspondent Goes Rogue at SXSW … Hilarity Ensues
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On Sunday, another South by Southwest (SXSW) will close its doors on the thousands of festival-goers, wrapping up nine full days of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. With…...
March 14, 2013
The Film That Revolutionized the Discussion about Military Rape
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Nominated for an Academy Award, The Invisible War (airing May 13) has changed the way we talk about sexual assault in the military and even impacted policy. After watching The Invisible War,…...
March 08, 2013
Happy International Women’s Day!
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Today is International Women’s Day! Women and Girls Lead and the Half the Sky Movement are celebrating today with a special online salon screening of selected clips from the PBS…...