November 19, 2011
Two Independent Lens Films Make Oscar’s Documentary Shortlist!
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences today announced its annual "shortlist" of contenders in the category of Best Documentary Feature today, and two upcoming Independent Lens films are…...
November 15, 2011
Behind the Scenes of We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân, with Director Anne Makepeace
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Filmmaker Anne Makepeace took some time out to answer a few questions about her film We Still Live Here — Âs Nutayuneân, which premieres on Independent Lens beginning on November…...
October 28, 2011
Lives Worth Living Director Eric Neudel: Many Voices, One Purpose
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We asked Director Eric Neudel about his film Lives Worth Living. The film follows the formation and journey of the disability rights movement through the signing of the Americans with Disabilities…...
October 26, 2011
Remembering Artist Piri Thomas
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Back in 2004, Independent Lens aired the film Every Child is Born a Poet, a portrait of the artist Piri Thomas. Sadly, we learned that Mr. Thomas passed away last…...
October 22, 2011
Film Locations, Doc Clubs, Hashtags, Oh My!
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The Independent Lens audience is spectacularly diverse — in fact it attracts the one of the youngest and most diverse prime-time audience on PBS. So it stands to reason there…...
October 20, 2011
Who Are You? The Ethics and Impact of Donor Conception
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Join us for a live moderated chat tomorrow at 10am PT/1pm ET, featuring the director of Donor Unknown and some of the people whose lives have been forever altered by…...
October 18, 2011
Jerry Rothwell Explores the Meaning of Family in Donor Unknown
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Jerry Rothwell is a documentary filmmaker whose work includes the award-winning feature docs Heavy Load (IFC/ITVS/BBC), about a group of people with learning disabilities who form a punk band; and Deep…...
October 11, 2011
R.I.P. Mikey Welsh: Musician, Artist, Friend of Independent Lens
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[caption id="attachment_6828" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mikey Welsh in his studio. (He called this image "Light mood.")[/caption] I met Mikey Welsh by way of the internet last winter, as we prepared our…...
October 08, 2011
Catch These Documentaries About Two New Nobel Laureates!
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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia (along with Tawakkul Karman of Yemen) were announced as winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize today. As you likely know, Independent Lens is a proud…...
October 06, 2011
IL Catches Up with Isaac Solotaroff, Director of Wham! Bam! Islam!
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Independent Lens caught up with Isaac Solotaroff, the filmmaker behind Wham! Bam! Islam!, a film about a Kuwaiti entrepreneur trying to launch a comic book series in the Middle East…...
September 20, 2011
Introducing Our Illustrious New Host, Mary-Louise Parker!
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OK, we could barely hold it in, but now we can let you know ... the award-winning actor Mary-Louise Parker is set to be the host of the 10th season…...
September 19, 2011
Women & Girls Lead Coming to PBS This Fall
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Independent Lens is honored to be a part of the innovative public media initiative Women and Girls Lead. The project seeks to use the power of documentary storytelling and the…...