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Armistead Maupin at typewriter in the 1970s, from Untold Tales
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June 05, 2023

Celebrate Armistead Maupin for Pride and Win a Copy of “Logical Family: A Memoir”

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If you are a fan of the Tales of the City series and the Independent Lens documentary Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin, celebrate Armistead Maupin's wonderful life and career, and…...

Book cover for Storming Caesars Palace with activist Ruby Duncan and other people of color protesting for universal basic income
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May 25, 2023

Book Giveaway! Storming Caesars Palace

Independent Lens in Contests

Dig deeper into our award-winning documentary Storming Caesars Palace. We're giving away ten copies of the book that inspired it, Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their War on Poverty, by Annelise Orleck. Enter for…...

Jim Allison Breakthrough (the scientist looking with a microscope)
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February 01, 2023

Book Giveaway! Jim Allison: This Is What a Hero Looks Like

Independent Lens in Contests

Celebrate an unconventional superhero. We're giving away seven incredible This Is What a Hero Looks Like coffee table books, a companion to our award-winning documentary, Jim Allison: Breakthrough. Enter for your chance to win!   'This…...

Jared Leto wearing a black Day in the Life of America t-shirt
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January 03, 2023

WIN “A Day in the Life of America” T-Shirt

Independent Lens in Contests

We're giving away ten fabulous shirts to celebrate Jared Leto's A Day in the Life of America. Stream the documentary on the PBS app by January 11. The contest runs…...

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May 16, 2022

Try to Win a Try Harder! Notebook

Independent Lens in Contests

Write down all your ideas or award-winning essays with one of these snazzy notebooks. We're giving away five to celebrate the documentary Try Harder! Watch it now on the PBS…...

a black represent justice t shirt and a group of books including The New Jim Crow and Halfway Home
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March 14, 2022

Win a Shirt and a Bundle of Books!

Independent Lens in Contests

We're giving away a rewarding bundle of goodies—a T-shirt and an assortment of incredible books—in honor of our acclaimed documentary Apart, which is now streaming on the PBS Video app,…...

blue Art of the Free Press t shirt with silhouetted image of Art Cullen including mustache
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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…...

Contests

February 03, 2021

Enter to Win “A Day in the Life of America” T-Shirt

Independent Lens in Contests

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!…...

mother and daughter hugging in hospital
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April 08, 2020

Enter to Win a Copy of “Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America’s Mental Health Crisis”

Independent Lens in Contests

Looking for your next great read? Bedlam: An Intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis by Bedlam filmmaker Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD, sheds light on the mental-health-care crisis in the…...