February 03, 2012
Sharon La Cruise Discusses Daisy Bates, “a Different Kind of Hero”
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Premiering tonight, February 2 on Independent Lens (check your local listings), Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock examines the life and legacy of Daisy Bates, who organized nine African…...
February 02, 2012
Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Hero Who Put Her Life on the Line
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February 01, 2012
Join Our Social Screening of Daisy Bates Friday from Little Rock
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On Friday, February 3 we're producing an interactive screening of the documentary Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock from Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Moderated by PBS NewsHour's…...
January 31, 2012
Filmmaker Discusses Daisy Bates and Black History Month
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Independent Lens is kicking off Black History Month this week with Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock. We caught up with filmmaker Sharon La Cruise to talk about how…...
January 21, 2012
Dr. Angela Davis Reflects on the Black Power Movement
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Earlier this month, Independent Lens launched a slate of films celebrating Black History at the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles. While at the event, the series teamed up with…...
January 19, 2012
The 2012 Winter/Spring Season is Here!
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Hosted by Mary-Louise Parker, the Independent Lens Winter/Spring lineup includes the award-winning films We Were Here, Hell and Back Again, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, and more! "Our upcoming winter/spring…...
January 10, 2012
A Look Back at the Anti-Apartheid Movement
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Filmmaker Connie Field took some time out to answer a few questions about her film Have You Heard From Johannesburg, and discuss the parallels between the anti-apartheid movement and present-day…...
January 01, 2012
Remembering Wangari Maathai
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Lisa Merton and Alan Dater, the producers of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, attended the Nobel laureate and environmental activist's funeral in Kenya in October. Merton offered Independent…...
December 26, 2011
A Love Letter to Celluloid Penned by Two Doc Makers
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Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton are co-founders of Gravitas Docufilms in California, and the producers of These Amazing Shadows, which made its debut on Independent Lens on Dec. 29, 2011…...
December 22, 2011
Behind the Scenes of The Woodmans with C. Scott Willis and Lois Vossen
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This week marks the premiere of The Woodmans, a film by C. Scott Willis about a family of successful artists and the fallout from the death of their youngest and…...
December 21, 2011
Whither the Abductees in a Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea?
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With news of the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, we immediately thought of the implications for the Japanese citizens abducted by Kim's regime and never returned. So we…...
December 07, 2011
The Greatest Movie Montages — Got a Favorite?
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Our good friends Kurt Norton and Paul Mariano who produced These Amazing Shadows (which airs on Independent Lens on Dec. 29) have posted a really cool video on their blog…...