January 10, 2022
Confronting the Agonizing Facts of Life and Death in Brooks County
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Missing in Brooks County is an eye-opening investigation set in an unforgiving region of South Texas, where migrants go missing more than anywhere else in the United States. The documentary…...
January 07, 2022
Owning Up to the Dark History of America’s Housing Industry
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
Before stepping into film, Giorgio Angelini had quite the diverse path: After touring in indie rock bands for most of his 20s, he enrolled in the Master of Architecture program…...
January 06, 2022
Filmmaker and Clemente Course Students Team Up to Reckon with Systemic Racism
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
A most unusual arrangement helped A Reckoning in Boston get to its final form. Three individuals with widely divergent backgrounds teamed up for what became a collaborative story about Clemente…...
December 04, 2021
Enter to Win a Storm Lake T-Shirt
Independent Lens in Contests
We're giving away five eye-catching "Art of the Free Press" T-shirts spotlighting Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Art Cullen, whose story is featured in Storm Lake. Watch the documentary now on the…...
November 30, 2021
Three Arapaho Boys: Reclaiming Their Lives and Retelling Their Stories
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
This article was published in tandem with the Independent Lens documentary Home from School: The Children of Carlisle By Jordan Dresser When the Indian wars were coming to a close…...
November 22, 2021
Northern Arapaho Tribal Members Find Hope in the Unacknowledged History That Haunts Our Present
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
The Wyoming-based team behind Home From School: The Children of Carlisle worked together to make a powerful documentary about a tribe coming together. It is the story of Northern Arapaho…...
November 17, 2021
QUIZ: Which Bucket List Is Yours?
Craig Phillips in Test Your Knowledge
How about your own bucket list? What would be on it? One of the most fun—and moving—storylines in the documentary Duty Free is how filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis was able to…...
November 10, 2021
“This film has defined me”: A Son’s Bucket List Journey with His Mother
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
Sian-Pierre Regis has been many things: a journalist, an influencer in multiple social media spheres, founder of online cultural magazine Swagger.NYC, and contributor to outlets including CNN, CNNi, HLN, CBSN,…...
November 09, 2021
Aloe Blacc Goes to the “Other Side” for Ferguson Rises
Independent Lens in Watch Video
Aloe Blacc's inspiring anthem, "Other Side," is the featured song in the PBS documentary Ferguson Rises. The tragic killing of teenager Michael Brown Jr. by Ferguson, Missouri, police launched the…...
November 08, 2021
“A Father Hurts Too”: In Conversation with Michael Brown Sr and the Filmmaker of Ferguson Rises
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Ade D. Adeniji Ferguson Rises, a documentary by filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, brings us back to the days before the masks and the quarantining, the summer of protests and the…...
November 03, 2021
Feisty Community Newspapers That Are Surviving or Thriving Against the Odds
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Julie Reynolds Martinez The Storm Lake Times, as featured in the documentary Storm Lake, isn’t the only small, independent newspaper to hang on in the age of news deserts.…...
October 27, 2021
Going Inside the Family-Run Newspaper Keeping Local Journalism Alive
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
Beth Levison is no stranger to having her films on Independent Lens. Notable producing credits include Women in Blue and the Emmy-nominated Made in Boise. For her latest film, Storm…...