February 03, 2021
Enter to Win “A Day in the Life of America” T-Shirt
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Join us for a good old-fashioned giveaway. Enter by February 9 at 8:59pm PT for a chance to win a limited edition A Day in the Life of America T-shirt!…...
January 27, 2021
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” Still Packs a Punch
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Lennlee Keep There isn't much the whole world seems to agree on, but I have yet to meet a person who doesn't love Dolly Parton. She's funny, glamorous, famous,…...
January 21, 2021
Working Women’s Wardrobe: How the 1970s Opened Feminist Fashion
Independent Lens in Beyond the Films
By Marlen Komar In the early 1970s, a group of Boston secretaries came together to improve the working conditions in their offices. Tired of low pay, lack of advancement opportunities,…...
January 13, 2021
The Story of 9to5: A Movement that Changed the American Workplace
Craig Phillips in Interviews
Julia Reichert and her filmmaking partner and life partner Steve Bognar, have been making documentaries for a long while. Most recently, in 2020, the team won the Academy Award for…...
January 06, 2021
How Jared Leto and 92 Film Crews Captured 24 Hours in America
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
In some ways, you'd think Jared Leto, Oscar-winning actor, movie star, and frontman for Platinum-selling band (with his brother Shannon) 30 Seconds to Mars, would not need much of an…...
December 28, 2020
Battling a Male-Dominated World for Recognition and a Raise
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Filmmaker Yu Gu was born in Chongqing, China, raised in Vancouver, Canada, and found her way to the University of Southern California film program. Her films, like the feature documentary…...
December 22, 2020
Leveling Up Representation: Depictions of People of Color in Video Games
Independent Lens in Lifestyle
By Nadine Dornieden The $100+ billion video game industry is big. So big, in fact, that it dwarfs both the film and music industry combined. Gaming as a hobby has become…...
December 22, 2020
New Acclaimed Films Coming to Independent Lens in January
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The upcoming slate of films airing on Independent Lens on PBS starts in January with seven highly-acclaimed documentaries that reflect the ever-changing nature of the United States, highlighting women who…...
November 18, 2020
Filmmaker Exposes Shocking Pattern of Illegal Sterilizations in Women’s Prisons
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
Erika Cohn has made powerful documentaries for Independent Lens before and is no stranger to telling intimate, surprising stories in tense environments: her Peabody Award-winning film The Judge showed Shari’a…...
November 17, 2020
Watch Independent Lens on the Free PBS Video App
Independent Lens in Lifestyle
The free PBS Video App is now available to download for iOS and AppleTV, Android and Android TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TV, and Chromecast. Stream the latest…...
November 06, 2020
Jonathan Scott Investigates Who Controls Our Power
Craig Phillips in Behind the Films
In some ways Jonathan Scott should need no introduction—or so you'd think as co-host with his brother Drew of the hugely popular HGTV shows Property Brothers and Brother vs. Brother,…...
October 29, 2020
Parenting and Making Docs During a Pandemic? It’s a Juggling Act
Independent Lens in Interviews
By Ivonne Spinoza "Producing films often translates to putting out fires before they start, so I suppose this gets you ready for parenting in a pandemic, generally speaking, but did…...