March 07, 2013
Can a Facebook Game Change the World? Ask Asi Burak
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was always designed to be more than a book or a documentary series—that’s why it’s called the Half the Sky…...
February 25, 2013
Ai Weiwei: Behind the Scenes Twitter Chat with Alison Klayman
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Alison Klayman, the director of upcoming Independent Lens documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, will be participating in a Twitter chat on Monday, February 25, 2013, at 11am PST/ 2pm EST.…...
February 22, 2013
Ai Weiwei Sparks Social Media Flames in China
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Ai Weiwei is a fearless Tweeter. In 140-character snippets, the gruff Chinese artist, activist, and the subject of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (airing Monday, Feb. 25, on Independent Lens) defends freedom…...
February 21, 2013
Alison Klayman on Filming Ai Weiwei
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We sat down with filmmaker Alison Klayman to talk about the joys and challenges of filming China's most famous artist and dissident, Ai Weiwei. Her film, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.…...
February 19, 2013
Get Your Dose of History: 8 Documentaries for Black History Month
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[caption id="attachment_10211" align="alignnone" width="1536"] More Than a Month Filmmaker Shukree Tighman dressed as a Union soldier[/caption] The most fascinating chapters of America’s past, including our stories of tragedy, pride, creativity,…...
February 15, 2013
Powerbroker Filmmaker Bonnie Boswell on How Her Youth Shaped Her Film
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Filmmaker Bonnie Boswell has an unusually close tie to her film, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights. Whitney Young, Jr., was her uncle, and his parents helped raise…...
February 15, 2013
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Angela Davis
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February 13, 2013
A Cherished Last Letter of Civil Rights Leader Whitney Young, Jr.
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Journalist Bonnie Boswell has many fond memories of her uncle Whitney Young, Jr., a pivotal behind-the-scenes player in the civil rights movement and the subject of her documentary, The Powerbroker:…...
January 29, 2013
Hundreds of Voucher Schools Teach Creationism in Science Classes
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Zack Kopplin, a student at Rice University and a science education advocate, learned about the Independent Lens film The Revisionaries and contacted us. Kopplin, a winner of the Hugh M.…...
January 25, 2013
A Note From Independent Lens
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Independent Lens seeks to assure that its content offerings encourage a lively civic dialogue, and that they do not present only one point of view. In this spirit, this post…...
January 25, 2013
Filmmaker Scott Thurman on the Texas Textbook Wars
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We sat down with filmmaker Scott Thurman to discuss what went on behind the scenes of his documentary, The Revisionaries, which chronicles the oft-rancorous battle over Texas textbooks. What impact…...
January 24, 2013
Revising The Revisionaries: The Texas Board of Ed Loses Power over Textbooks
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As recently as last year, the Texas State Board of Education had the power to rewrite history. The Revisionaries (airing Jan. 28 on Independent Lens) captures the scope of the…...