February 22, 2012
Black History Month? There’s an App for That!
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Shukree Tilghman, the director of the Independent Lens film More Than a Month, speaks with Hari Sreenivasen from PBS NewsHour about the special interactive iPhone app More Than a Mapp…...
February 22, 2012
The Island President Appears on Morning Edition After Apparent Coup
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Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed appeared on Morning Edition this week. Nasheed was forced to resign earlier this month in what he referred to as a coup, a claim his…...
February 16, 2012
Join Independent Lens and PBS NewsHour for a Social Screening of More Than a Month
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The day after the PBS broadcast premiere of More Than a Month on Independent Lens, join us for a social screening of the film at 12PM PT / 3PM ET…...
February 16, 2012
Shukree Tilghman Wants to End (the Way We Think About) Black History Month
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Shukree Tilghman saw Morgan Freeman on 60 Minutes in 2006 say that he believed Black History Month shouldn't exist, because it was insulting to relegate an entire race's history to…...
February 11, 2012
Talib Kweli Celebrates Black History Month
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American visionary Talib Kweli, who appears in The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, has a message for PBS viewers this month....
February 11, 2012
Lioness Filmmakers Respond to Pentagon Announcement
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On February 9th, 2012, the Pentagon unveiled plans to allow women to serve in jobs that would put them closer to the front lines but still block them from all-male…...
February 10, 2012
Lioness Impact Continues: Pentagon to Change Women in Combat Rules
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News today that the Pentagon plans to change some of its long-standing rules on women in combat, to reflect the reality that the ban currently in place does not represent…...
February 09, 2012
The Island President Ousted — Filmmakers Respond
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The Island President, directed by Jon Shenk and produced by Bonni Cohen and Richard Berge, debuted at Sundance just two weeks ago. We told you then how thrilled we were…...
February 08, 2012
Black Power Mixtape Co-Producer Danny Glover Opens Up
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Our friends over at The Progressive Magazine have generously allowed us to share their interview with Danny Glover, who co-produced The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975. The film makes its television…...
February 08, 2012
Angela Davis Weighs in on Black Power versus Occupy Wall St.
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Dr. Angela Davis, former member of the Black Panther Party and Communist Party and now a renowned activist, professor, and intellectual on the topic of human rights, discussed The Black…...
February 07, 2012
Contextualizing the Black Power Movement for a New Generation
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Göran Olssen is something of an accidental anthropologist. When he unearthed reels of footage from Swedish television crews in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, he stumbled on…...
February 04, 2012
Special Free Episode of THE 99, This Weekend Only
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If you saw our season premiere, Wham! Bam! Islam! then you are familiar with THE 99, a comic book and animated series featuring a band of heroes drawn from the…...