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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…...

B&W photo of Jerry Rothwell, director of Donor Unknown

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…...

Wham Bam Islam! filmmaker Isaac Solotaroff

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…...

April 08, 2011

Hollywood Multitasker Tamra Davis Remembers Her Friend, Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Director Tamra Davis is hardly an "outsider artist." She is a well-known Hollywood director of music videos (with Sonic Youth, Hanson, Depeche Mode, Cher, and many more), feature films (including…...

February 09, 2011

Live Chat with Best Doc Oscar Nominee Lucy Walker

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Filmmaker Lucy Walker joined us for a live chat on Wednesday, February 9 to talk about her film Waste Land. The documentary, which airs April 19 on Independent Lens has…...

November 13, 2010

Lost Sparrow Director Chris Billing Discusses Excavating Family Secrets

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Journalist and filmmaker Chris Billing talked to us about making Lost Sparrow, a deeply personal film about the secrets that killed his brothers and tore his family apart. The film…...